West Central Gold 14U got a big win over Tri-Valley White 14U on Wednesday, July 7th. West Central won by a score of 17-2 in four innings while holding Tri-Valley to no hits in the game.
Tri-Valley did score the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. Kaden Egger scored on a passed ball after being hit by a pitch, advancing to second on a passed ball, and then stealing third.
West Central took control of the game in top of the second by scoring nine times. Carter Evans had an RBI single. Jacob Kono had a two-run double. Seth Lind scored on an error. Jack Sebert had an RBI single. Cain Grocott, Sebert, and Caden Alfson all scored on a passed ball, and Keaton Vessells scored on an error to make the score 9-1.
Levi Kretzschmar scored the second run for Tri-Valley in the bottom of the second inning. He scored on a passed ball after also getting hit by a pitch, moving to second on a wild pitch, and then advancing to third on a ground out.
West Central then scored seven more times in the top of the third. Sebert had an RBI walk. Kono and Grocott both scored on a wild pitch. Vessells had an RBI sacrifice fly. Zach Lorang had an RBI ground out. Seth Lind was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Kono had an RBI walk. The final run of the game was scored in the top of the fourth when Alfson scored on an error to make the score 17-2.
Egger pitched two innings for Tri-Valley giving up nine earned runs on 10 hits with a walk and a strikeout. Denton Bicknase pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing seven earned runs on four hits and three walks. Kretzschmar pitched 2/3 of an inning walking one and striking out one. Landon Schenkel pitched an inning allowing an earned run on a hit with a walk.
Alfson had two triples in the game. Kono had two hits, one a double, with three RBIs. Nick Lorang had two hits. Sebert had a hit and two RBIs. Vessells, Z. Lorang, Evans, and Lind all had a hit and an RBI. Grocott also had an RBI. Grocott pitched an inning allowing an earned run on two walks. Kono pitched an inning also allowing an earned run. Vessells pitched an inning with two strikeouts, and Alfson pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Central Gold 14U | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | X | X | X | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| Tri-Valley White 14U | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 | 0 | 4 |