New Palestine High School

The New Palestine baseball team won its ninth consecutive game Monday, beating host Warren Central 14-1 in five innings. The Dragons improved to 13-2 on the season with the victory. Max Havel drove in three runs, while Gavin Neal, Jackson Kamp and Trase Quillen drove in two each to lead a potent Dragons attack. The Dragons surrendered the first run of the game, but their deficit was short-lived, as they answered with four in the second inning. Two walks, a hit batter and a wild pitch plated a run, while Quillen's double added two more. Quillen then came home on a balk. The Dragons added a run in the third to go up 5-1, as Jacob Morris walked, moved around the bases on a balk and wild pitch, then scored on Kamp's sacrifice fly. In the fourth, the Dragons fired up the merry-go-round again. A walk and a hit batter put two runners on. A passed ball moved them into scoring position, where both came home on Neal's single to left. Another single by Jacob Morris put two runners on. Kamp brought one home with an RBI groundout, while Morris came home on a wild pitch to make it 9-1. In the fifth, the Dragons added five more runs. Two errors put runners on base. Ethan Nunnally plated one with a single. After another error loaded the bases, Havel hit a bases-clearing double to right. A base hit by Holden Hughes made it 14-1. The Dragons had eight hits. Rigg Mahurin was 1-for-3 with two runs. Neal was 1-for-3 with a run and two RBI. Nunnally was 1-for-1 with a run and an RBI. Morris was 1-for-3 with three runs. Havel was 1-for-1 with a double, a run and three RBI. Liam Atkinson was 1-for-2. Hughes was 1-for-1 with an RBI. Quillen was 1-for-2 with a double, two runs and two RBI. Kamp was 0-for-2, but drove in two runs and scored once. Connor Reneau earned the win, allowing no earned runs and three hits over four innings, fanning four. Ajay Kropp struck out the side for a perfect fifth to finish the game. The Dragons are next in action Tuesday at home against Delta.