Baseball
Brownstown tops Eastern 7-1
The Brownstown baseball team knocked off Eastern (Pekin) 7-1 on Thursday night.
The Braves used a 5-run third inning to put the game out of reach.
Wyatt Steward had two hits and three RBI for the Braves, Carson Darlage had one hit and one RBI, Jake Pauley had one hit and one RBI, Chick Tiemeyer had 1 RBI and Cristos McCormick had one hit.
Ethan Davis pitched 5.2 innings for the Braves, only allowing one hit while striking out eight. Deven Cummings finished the final 1.1 innings and had two strikeouts.
Brownstown is now 4-4 this season and will host Paoli on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Seymour drops game to Jeff
Jeffersonville scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning to break a 3-3 tie and defeat Seymour 8-3 at American Legion Field on Thursday.
Both teams scored two runs in the second and one run in the third.
Bret Perry walked in the second inning and he scored on a triple by Charlie Longmeier, and Jack VonDielingen hit a sacrifice fly to score Longmeier.
Seymour’s run in the third inning was unearned.
Longmeier had two hits, while VonDielingen singled in the sixth and Perry singled in the seventh for the Owls’ four hits.
Aden Burnside and Aiden Darlage pitched for the Owls. Both lefties had two strikeouts and two walks, and they combined to give up 10 hits.
The Owls (5-3) will play at Austin today at 6 p.m.
Crothersville falls at West Washington
The Crothersville baseball team suffered a 18-1 road loss to West Washington on Thursday night.
The Tigers scored in the top of the second from an RBI from Corey Reynolds. Reynolds, Caden Lewis and Ian Tatlock each had a hit for Crothersville in the game.
Matt Clouse and Logen O’Sullivan each had time on the mound as well.
The Tigers are now 0-4 this season and will next play on Saturday in a double-header against Indianapolis Deaf School starting at 2 p.m.
Trinity baseball to host invite Saturday
The Trinity baseball team will host its own invitational on Saturday with three other schools coming to town: Eastern (Pekin), Borden and Highlands Latin School.
Trinity will play the first game against Pekin at 10 a.m., followed by Pekin against Highlands at 12:30 p.m. The third game will be Highlands versus Borden at 3 p.m. and the final game will be between Trinity and Borden at 5:30 p.m.