The Commandos turned a 0-0 tie into a 9-2 loss in a game vs host Hoover in the Buccaneer Classic.  Hoover broke open a scoreless game in the 5th with 5 runs and added 4 in the sixth for the win.  It was the third meeting in two years between the two schools.

In game two of day two The Commandos mangaed only 4 hits and committed 8 errors in a sloppy 11-0 loss to Oxford, AL.   

It took just five innings for Hendersonville’s baseball team to rack up 12 hits and earn a blowout win over host Hillsboro on Friday.

The Commandos rolled to a 12-1 win in a game that ended after five innings because of the 10-run rule.

“I’m happy for them,” Hendersonville coach Mike Hendrix said. “It’s a W and we’ll move on to the next one.”

After holding Hendersonville (11-2) scoreless in the top of the first, Hillsboro watched its first three batters reach base before a pick-off at second. A Michael Mootry sacrifice fly gave Hillsboro (3-3) a 1-0 lead, but that was all the Burros managed to take away from a bases-loaded, no-out situation.

The first-inning run proved to be all the Burros were allowed as Hendersonville pitcher Austin Brown settled in.

“I struggled to find the strike zone in the first inning, but after that I started settling down and after that it was just throwing strikes and getting outs,” Brown said. “I started feeling the strike zone a little more. It started coming to me and then I just got in a groove.”

Hendersonville wiped off the first-inning deficit, blowing the game wide open over the next two innings, taking a 10-1 lead after a four-run second and six-run third inning.

“We’ve been working on making the adjustment from a slow pitcher to a fast pitcher all year, and we finally made the connection in this game,” Hendersonville’s Drew Richard said. “We haven’t been able to put up that many runs on any team, but I guess today we finally figured it out.”

Richard finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs for the Commandos.

Costly mistakes hurt Hillsboro as the Burros committed six errors, hit three batters and walked two.

“We hit the ball, but they made plays and we didn’t,” Hillsboro coach Andrew Bello said. “We kind of threw the ball around a little bit, and they capitalized on it. It hurts when you put runners on base for no reason. They get a hit and then the flood gates start to go.

“We kind of rattled (Brown) a little bit early, but with a team like that you’ve got to earn it to beat them.”

The Commandos opened play in the Beef O'Brady's Hoover Buccaneer Classic with an 11-2 win over Helena AL.

Helena jumped out to a 2-0 lead after three innings and looked to be in control of the game in the fourth when HHS mounted a rally to take a 3-2 lead and then extended the lead in the 5th and 6th off of several Helena relief pitchers.  

Andrew Dorris got the complete game victory on the mound for HHS.  The Sophomore righty struck out four and scatterd 8 hits to pick up his first carreer victory.

Ben Smith had three hits and drove in three runs on the day to lead the HHS offense.    8 different Commando hitters had hits on the day in the win. 

HENDERSONVILLE – Hendersonville High School head baseball coach Mike Hendrix won his 500^th game on Saturday evening as the Commandos rallied for a 4-1 victory over visiting Rossview at Drakes Creek Park.

Hendrix is in his 25^th season at the helm of the program.

The contest was tied until the bottom of the fifth, when Hendersonville scored three runs.

The Commandos used four pitchers.

Junior Will Wacaser tossed a perfect first inning, and classmate Brandon Fuller allowed one run on three hits over the next three frames, striking out three hitters while issuing one base on balls.

Junior Ian MacMaster tossed a scoreless fifth, though he did allow one hit and two base on balls. MacMaster (2-1) struck out the side and was credited with the win.

Senior Matthew Osborne tossed two hitless innings of relief, earning his second save. The right-hander issued one base on balls and struck out one hitter.

Hendersonville senior leadoff hitter Connor Fischer drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the first inning, stole second base and third base and scored when junior Grant Williams singled with two outs in the inning.

A pair of fourth-inning singles helped the Burros tie the contest.

Commando senior Justin Long ignited the fifth-inning rally by drawing a leadoff walk, and Fischer reached thanks to an error after laying down a sacrifice bunt. Long scored on a throwing error at the end of the play, which allowed Fischer to move to second base.

Senior Drew Richard reached on a bunt single, and classmate Ben Smith drew a walk to load the bases.

Williams followed by grounding into a forceout that allowed Fischer to score, and an errant relay throw to first base in an attempt to turn a double play allowed Richard to cross the plate with the game's final run.

Hendersonville (12-2) produced just two hits.

The two teams combined for just six hits.

The Commandos were able to score three runs off Vanderbilt signee AJ Franklin and HHS got a tremendous pitching performance from Grant Williams to beat the Wildcats of Wilson Central 3-1.

Senior Connor Fischer led off the game in the bottom of the first with a single and advanced to third on back to back passed balls.  Fischer scored on an RBI grounder off the bat of Ben Smith to give HHS a 1-0 lead.  

Williams was sharp from the start for the Commandos striking out the first hitter of the game.  The junior would not allow a hit until the 5th inning.

The Commandos built a 2-0 lead in the fourth when Williams singled to lead off the inning.  Courtsey runner Jon Swindle would eventually come around to score after a sac bunt from Austin Brown and a single from Jarcques Wordlaw. 

In the 5th the Wildcats would get their first hit as Franklin helped his own cause with a lead off triple.  After a strike out and a ground out a passed ball scored the Wildcat courtesey runner to make the score 2-1.

HHS would bounce back to get a two-run lead back in the bottom of the 5th.  Fischer again walked to lead off and stole second.  A walk to Ben Smith was followed with a wild pitch to put runners at first and third.  An errant pick off attempt at third allowed Fischer to score to make the score 3-1.  

Williams would retire the side in order in the 6th before giving way to Matthew Osborne.  Osborne induced a game-ending double play in the 7th to pick up his first save of the year.