{"id":26389,"date":"2025-05-15T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=26389"},"modified":"2025-05-15T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:03:46","slug":"jets-prevail-in-marathon-18-inning-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/jets-prevail-in-marathon-18-inning-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets prevail in marathon 18-inning game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RANDY HISNER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It ain\u2019t over till it\u2019s over, and sometimes it takes a very long time before it\u2019s over. Just ask the Adams Central Flying Jets and the Heritage Patriots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joey Everett approaches the plate with the winning run as Mason Abbott waits for the throw from the outfield. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until the bottom of the 18th<\/sup> inning that Ethan Funk finally ended a marathon game between the two ACAC rivals with a one-out single that drove in Joey Everett to give the Jets (9-9, 4-1 in the ACAC) a 3-2 win Wednesday in a game that started almost a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everett started the rally with a lead-off single to right field. Lawson Deathe tried to bunt Everett to second but popped it up to Patriot catcher Mason Abbott. With one out and Funk at the plate, Everett stole second. Then he sprinted home when Funk reached out and punched a 1-2 pitch for a soft liner to shallow left center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ethan Funk, who had the game-winning hit, eyes and offering from Elijah Rauner. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019d been feeding me sliders the whole game,\u201d said Funk. \u201cI probably had 90% of pitches sliders, and that last pitch he dropped a change-up in there. I was completely falling out and kind of just stuck my bat out there and dropped it over the shortstop\u2019s head.\u201d The hit was Funk\u2019s 24th<\/sup> of the season in 53 at-bats. He leads the Jets in batting average (.453) and on-base percentage (.574).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WZBD’s Randy Hisner spoke with Ethan Funk after the big Adams Central win. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The two teams were knotted at 2-2 after 13 innings last Thursday at Adams Central when darkness forced a suspension of play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heritage sophomore Iestyn Roe leads the Patriots in batting average at .509. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When play resumed Wednesday in the top of the 14th<\/sup>, Heritage (13-4, 2-2) threatened to break it open against AC pitcher Cade Van De Weg. Two-out walks to Iestyn Roe and Landri Linder, followed by shortstop Jami Roach\u2019s error on Lucas Taylor\u2019s grounder, loaded the bases. But Van De Weg retired Heritage DH Landon Lybarger on a fly out to center field to end the rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Patriots would not have another baserunner the rest of the night. Van De Weg retired the side in order in the 15th<\/sup> through 18th<\/sup> innings, striking out six, including three on called third strikes in the top of the final frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AC lefthander Cade Van De Weg was able to pitch 13 innings against Heritage because five days intervened after his first eight innings last Thursday. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The unusual circumstances of the game allowed Van De Weg to do something possibly unprecedented in the history of Indiana high school baseball: pitch 13 innings in the same game. He threw the first eight innings last Thursday before being removed from the mound because he had reached the state-mandated limit of 120 pitches. Normally, of course, he would not have been allowed to pitch again in the game, but since he had five days of rest before play resumed, the IHSAA ruled that he could have another 120 pitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adams Central coach Josh Foster took advantage of the ruling by putting his ace back on the mound Wednesday, and Van De Weg responded with five shutout innings to notch the win, his fifth against three losses. Over his 13 total innings, Van De Weg gave up five hits and two runs (both unearned), walked four, and struck out 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van De Weg gave a lot of credit to his defense. \u201cMy strikeout stuff really wasn\u2019t on today,\u201d he said. \u201cI was letting my infield make the plays, and they were making them. Hayden (Bluhm), Ethan (Funk), Jacob (Miller)\u2014they were all making them. Jami (Roach) too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cade Van De Weg talks with WZBD after the win. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Roach pitched the ninth through 13th<\/sup> innings last Thursday, shutting the Patriots out on two hits and no walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heritage sophomore hurler Elijah Rauner pitched nine innings of shutout ball before giving up a run. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Van De Weg\u2019s counterpart, Heritage sophomore Elijah Rauner (2-1), also pitched masterfully. Rauner, who had shut out the Jets over the final five innings last Thursday, threw four shutout innings Wednesday before giving up the game-winner in the 18th<\/sup>. He struck out 14 in his nine and a third innings, while yielding only four hits and two walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rauner relieved his brother Cam, who had pitched the first eight innings last week. Cam gave up two runs on seven hits. He struck out 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt just kept dragging on and on,\u201d said Foster of the game, which ties for the sixth-longest game in Indiana high school baseball history. (Peru and Logansport played the longest, 22 innings, back in 1971.) \u201cI kind of felt bad for the umpires,\u201d he added. \u201cThey were here last week too, so we held them hostage for 18 innings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Proud to sponsor Heritage Athletics on WZBD.com!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Plate umpire Mark Herberger, who worked the 12-inning 4A state championship game last year, saw an astounding 506 pitches in this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plate umpire Mark Herberger (left), who has worked the state finals, and Theron Butler, who has worked at the semi-state level, umpired all 18 innings of the two-day baseball marathon between AC and Heritage. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Heritage batters had 18 strikeouts, Adams Central batters 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beau Stoppenhgen paced the Patriots\u2019 offense with three hits. Lybarger had two hits, as did Linder, who drove in both Heritage runs on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Max Byerly had three hits for the Jets. Everett, Funk, and Reece Hammond had two hits apiece. Everett drove in two runs Thursday with a two-out single in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Thursday, Adams Central will host South Adams, and Heritage will travel to Jay County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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