New Palestine High School

The New Palestine baseball team improved to 3-1 Monday with a 6-3 road victory over Perry Meridian. The Dragons used a four-run fourth inning to take the lead and three pitchers nailed it down. With the Dragons trailing 2-1, Jacob Morris and Jackson Kamp led off the fourth with singles. Nick Deering drew a walk to load the bases. Gavin Neal tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Ben Morwick then delivered a two-run double to give the Dragons the lead, followed by a walk, an error and Ben Hirschy driving in a run by being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. PM scored a run in the bottom of the fourth, but starter Brayden Marrow struck out the side in the fifth before yielding to the bullpen. Morris pitched around a hit batter in the sixth for the hold, and Michael Thorpe came on in the seventh, retiring the side in order with two strikeouts to earn his first save of the season. Prior to Thorpe's inning, the Dragons added a run in the seventh when Morris hit a two-out single and scored when Kamp reached on an error. Marrow struck out nine in five innings to earn the win. He allowed four hits and three earned runs. The Dragons took a 1-0 lead in the first, with Hirschy singling to left to plate Adam Rickey, who drew a one-out walk. PM tied the game in the bottom of the first and took a 2-1 lead in the third. Morris was 2-for-4 with two runs, Kamp was 2-for-4 and Blaine Nunnally 2-for-3 with a double and a walk to lead the Dragons' eight-hit attack. Morwick was 1-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBI. Hirschy was 1-for-3 with two RBI. The Dragons' pitching held PM to four hits. The Dragons return to HHC play at 6 p.m. Tuesday with a home game against Yorktown. The two teams will then face off Wednesday at Yorktown.