Ryker Fortner bashed three hits against North Andrew Monday and North Harrison kept right on winning with an 11-1 win over North Andrew. With the win, they have won their sixth straight game, their longest winning streak since the 2021 season. With the Hamilton game scheduled for Wednesday being canceled, North Harrison has one more game to play at King City Friday at 5:00 pm. The game is for all the marbles in the GRC West. If North Harrison wins, they clinch a share of their first-ever GRC West title in any sport. If they lose, King City will win the GRC West title outright. All other teams have two or more losses and are mathematically eliminated.
North Andrew got some good swings against the Shamrocks early, but Sylas Miller's fly ball was right at center fielder Wyatt Maize in the first. Troy Madison singled with two outs, but Tate Richardson struck out Tyson Wilmes to end the inning.
With the ball dying on the warning track despite the wind blowing out to right center and Cardinal center fielder Jacob Hill snagging everything in sight, North Harrison was still able to chip away throughout the game. Tate Richardson walked and stole second and third. Gage Fortner flied out and Tate Richardson tagged and scored. Andrew Craig got the first of his two hits and Dustin Hamilton singled him to second. They took second and third on a wild pitch and Wyatt Maize beat out an infield hit to score Andrew Craig to make it 2-0.
Hill reached first on an error as the ball rolled under shortstop Gage Fortner's legs with one out in the Cardinal third. Hill stole second and advanced to third on a balk. Sylas Miller flied out to score Hill to cut the Shamrock lead to 2-1.
Ryker Fortner singled to right and stole second and third. Gage Fortner beat out an infield hit as Ryker scored to make it 3-1. It was North Harrison's third infield hit. An errant pickoff throw put Gage Fortner on second, and he stole third. Andrew Craig reached on an error as Fortner scored to make it 4-1. Andrew Craig took second on a wild pitch. Dustin Hamilton grounded out to advance Craig to third. Wyatt Maize reached on an error as Andrew Craig scored to make it 5-1.
Tate Richardson reached on a dropped fly ball to start the Shamrock fourth. He stole second and Ryker Fortner crushed a double that sliced away from Hill in in right center and even he couldn't get to it. The cutoff throw got away as Tate Richardson, who was scrambling back to the bag thinking it would be caught, managed to score to make it 6-1. Then, Ryker Fortner scrambled to third safely as nobody was covering the bag. Andrew Craig was out at first on a dropped third strike, but Ryker Fortner scored on the play to make it 7-1.
Wyatt Maize and Kellan Craig walked to start the Shamrock fifth. Landon Johnson laid down a bunt and reached on an error as Wyatt Maize scored to make it 8-1. Kyler Kimbrough grounded out, but Kellan Craig scored to make it 9-1. Ryker Fortner beat out an infield hit, the fourth one for the Shamrocks, as Landon Johnson scored. Ryker Fortner took second and third on wild pitches. Andrew Craig singled to left to end the game early.
The junior varsity game was a practice game as North Andrew had no pitchers available and North Harrison had Cole Hartschen pitch for them. Hartschen showed a lot of promise in the game, showing a devastating pickoff move to second and picking off two runners. Meric Hansel, after a rough start, pounded the plate for the Shamrocks. Lucian Sweeney made a nice catch out in center field.
After the game, the team honored their four seniors, Dustin Hamilton, Andrew Craig, Kyler Kimbrough, and Kayson Sims as they ran around the bases, got high-fives from coaches and teammates, and slid into home one last time.
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