By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor
After a record-setting 21-10 victory over Class 2A top-ranked Elwood on Tuesday, 4A Fishers dropped its home opener March 31 to 4A No. 4 Kokomo by a score of 16-4 in five innings.
The Tigers struggled to find their offense, collecting only one hit in the first four innings before scoring four runs in the fifth inning on a Ben Taylor solo home run, a Koby Orris RBI single, and RBI doubles by Connor McCalley and J.P. Pena.
Kokomo (2-0), which opened the 2010 season with a 6-0 win over Eastern (Greentown) behind a 68-pitch, seven-inning no-hitter by senior Colton Summers on Tuesday, pounded out its 16 runs on 15 hits.
Leading the way was catcher Nolan Sanburn, who set a ridiculous precedent for his senior year by going 3 for 3 with two home runs and seven runs batted in. Junior second baseman Austin Colby also collected three hits, joining senior right fielder Phillip Kuhns (2 for 4 with two runs scored), senior pitcher T.J. Weir (1 for 2, three runs scored), and senior third baseman Devin Schacht (1 for 3 with a homer) with two RBIs.
On the mound, Weir went 4 1/3 innings and allowed three runs (all earned) on three hits with zero walks and three strikeouts. His starting counterpart, Taylor, lasted only two innings after giving up eight runs (six earned) on six hits for Fishers, whose bullpen was roughed up for eight runs on eight hits over the last two innings.
Kokomo next will host Taylor April 1, while Fishers faces a contest the same day at Greenfield-Central.
The box score (thank you, Fishers coach Matthew Cherry!):
Kokomo 16
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Shipley cf……………. 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 3
Griggs cf……………. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuhns rf……………… 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 2
Weir p……………….. 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Frey ……………… 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sanburn c…………….. 3 3 3 7 1 0 3 0 0
Green dh……………… 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sawyer ss…………….. 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Reynolds 1b…………… 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 1
Summers. 1b…………. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schacht 3b…………… 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Franklin lf…………… 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wray lf……………… 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Colby 2b……………… 4 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 0
Salinas ……………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Total ……………… 32 16 15 16 5 2 15 5 6
Fishers 4
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Clark, Drew 3b………… 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Pena, J.P. ss…………. 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
Woolwine, Matt lf……. 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
Brooke, Colin rf………. 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Taylor, Ben p…………. 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Patrick, Chris c………. 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Malone, Zac p……….. 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Orris, Koby 2b………… 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 0
McCalley, Connor cf.. 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
Roach, Ant 1b……….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Total ……………… 20 4 5 4 0 5 15 9 2
1 2 3 4 5 – R H E
Kokomo 3 5 0 5 3 – 16 15 0
Fishers 0 0 0 0 4 – 4 5 2
E – Clark 2
LOB – Kokomo 6, Fishers 2
2B – Shipley, Griggs, Kuhns, Weir, Colby, Pena, McCalley
HR – Sanburn 2, Schacht, Taylor
HBP – Patrick
Kokomo IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Weir…………… 4.3 3 3 3 0 3 16 17
Lorene………… .66 2 1 1 0 2 4 4
Fishers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Taylor, Ben….. 2 6 8 6 1 0 14 15
Kiskaden, Wes. 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4
Kinsey, Ian….. .33 4 5 5 1 0 5 6
Malone, Zac…. 1.6 4 3 3 3 2 9 12
Win – Weir. Loss – Taylor
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