West Central Blue 14U had to come from behind, but did just that in a 5-4 win over Garretson at home on Thursday, July 7th.
Garretson had a four-run second inning to take a 4-0 lead. West Central cut the lead in half with two runs in the bottom of the third. Taten VanOverbeke had an RBI ground out, and Ashton Gebhard scored on a wild pitch. One inning later West Central tied the game with another two-run inning. Zach Lorang had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Anthony Lanham had an RBI ground out. In the bottom of the fifth inning and two outs, Nick Lorang stole home for the game-winning run.
Dylan Bettcher had the only hit in the game for West Central, a double. Z. Lorang, Lanham, and VanOverbeke all had an RBI. Jack Sebert pitched three innings and allowed just one hit with six strikeouts. Lanham pitched two innings and allowed four runs, two earned, on three hits and a walk.