West Central 16U dropped both games of a doubleheader against Volga on Monday, June 6th. VOlga took the first game 7-6 and then won the second game 16-4.
Game 1: Volga 7, West Central 6
Volga scored six of their seven runs in the final three innings to take the opening game 7-6.
West Central took the early lead with three runs in the top of the first. Keaton Vessells had a two-run single, and Cain Grocott had an RBI single. Volga scored one in the bottom of the second to cut the lead to 3-1. The score remained 3-1 until the top of the fifth. Brodie Herr had an RBI single. Cade Vanderwoude had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Will Nester had an RBI single to give West Central a 6-1 lead. Volga, however, scored four times without a hit in the bottom of the fifth. They tied the game with a run in the bottom of the sixth, and then got the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a passed ball.
Herr had two hits, including a double, and an RBI. Nester and Grocott also had two hits each with an RBI. Vessells had one hit and two RBIs. Jesse Jost finished with two singles. Jonathan Murray also had a hit, and Vanderwoude had an RBI.
Vanderwoude pitched two innings and allowed an earned run on two his with a walk and three strikeouts. Grocott pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits and three walks with a strikeout. Landen Holewa pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four runs on six walks and two strikeouts. Herr pitched 1/3 of an inning getting a strikeout.
Game 2: Volga 16, West Central 4
Volga scored in every inning but the fifth, which included a seven-run fourth inning. West Central got single runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings for their four runs.
Jost had three hits and an RBI. Vessells finished with two hits. Vanderwoude had a double. Carter Evans had a single and an RBI. Rayce Whiting, Nester, and Grocott each had a single. Herr finished with an RBI. Nester pitched two innings and allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Vessells threw one inning and allowed five earned runs on six walks and three strikeouts. Jost also pitched an inning giving up seven earned runs on three hits and seven walks with one strikeout. Herr pitched one inning recording two walks and three strikeouts.