The West Central High School club baseball team scored seven runs in the first three innings as they held for an 11-7 win over Lennox on Friday, April 29th.
The first two runs for West Central came with two outs in the top of the first inning. Duece Sherrard scored on a wild pitch, and Caden Alfson hit an RBI single. The Trojans added four more runs in the top of the second. Gavin Koch had an RBI triple, Sherrard followed with an RBI single and later scored on a wild pitch, and Alfson added his second RBI single. Zach Madsen had an RBI single in the top of the third, and West Central lead 7-0 heading into the bottom of the third.
Lennox scored three times in their half of third inning making the score 7-3. Jack Linneman had an RBI single in the top of the fourth inning for West Central, and the score remained 8-3 until the bottom of the sixth inning. Lennox scored two more times, and the Trojans led 8-5 going into the final inning. West Central scored three more times in the top of the seventh. Lennox scored two runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but the rally ended there.
Alfson had three hits, one a double, and two RBIs. Sherrard also had three hits and an RBI. Madsen had two hits and two RBIs. Grafton Stroup and Ben Sebert both had two singles. Koch had a triple and RBI. Linneman had a hit and an RBI. Andrew Zimmer and Logan Maras both had singles as well. Madsen pitched five innings to earn the win giving up three runs, all unearned, on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts. Stroup pitched two innings allowing four runs, one earned, on one hit and four walks with three strikeouts.