Hileman homers, Newcomer, Brown add big days for Valley in Game 2 loss

LaVille scores 5 in 7th to complete sweep

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Baseball

LaVille 15, Tippecanoe Valley 11 (Friday): Gage Hileman singled and homered and had two RBIs, and Liam Newcomer went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, but Valley could not hang onto an 11-6 lead and lost at home to LaVille Friday.

Weston Brown singled and tripled and had three RBIs, and Hunter Paxton had a pair of doubles and a pair of RBIs. Braxton Alderfer had a hit and an RBI, and Max Harsh also had an RBI.

Jamison Phillips, Parker Adamson and Preston Prater added one hit each.

Four Valley pitchers combined for nine walks, four hit batters and three wild pitches.

Valley led 11-10 going into the seventh, but Andre Gonzales tied the game with an RBI double, and Lucas Underwood followed with a two-run single that gave LaVille a 13-11 lead.

Valley trailed 6-0 going into the bottom of the second, but Hileman’s solo homer and Brown’s two-run single highlighted a three-run second. 

An RBI double from Paxton, RBI singles from Alderfer and Newcomer and an RBI walk from Harsh gave Valley their first lead at 7-6 in the third.

In the third, Paxton delivered another RBI double, Hileman and Newcomer added RBI singles, and Brown ripped an RBI triple as the lead reached 11-6.

Valley did not have a hit after the fourth inning as Underwood retired 10 of the final 12 batters.

LaVille completed the two-game sweep. Valley dropped to 2-12 and finished INSC play 1-9.

Bremen beat John Glenn 12-2 in five innings to clinch the outright title with a 9-1 record.

LaVille 15, Valley 11

LaVille 060 004 5 – 15 13 1

Valley 034 400 0 – 11 13 2

WP – Underwood (3 ⅓ IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K)

LP – Nolan Whittaker (⅔ IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K)

2B – Gonzales (LV), Eickleberry (LV), Hunter Paxton 2 (TV), Preston Prater (TV)

3B – Weston Brown (TV)

HR – Gage Hileman (TV)