A four-run first inning helps West Central Gold 14U to an 8-2 win against Tea-D on Wednesday, June 29th.
Bubba Kono had an RBI ground out in the top of the first to start the scoring for West Central. Lando Whiting and CJ DenBoer both scored on a passed ball, and Karson Olson had an RBI ground out for a 4-0 lead. Connor Mebius had a two-run single in the top of the third to push the lead to 6-0. Tea also got two runs in the bottom of the third.
Whiting scored on another passed ball in the top of the fourth inning. Jacob Mallinger scored on a wild pitch later in the inning to make the score 8-2.
Mebius had a hit and two RBIs. Kono had a hit and an RBI. Whiting had two hits, including a double. DenBoer, Mallinger, and JT Steckley all had a single. Klein pitched four innings and allowed two runs, neither of them earned, on one hit and two walks with 10 strikeouts.