West Central Gold 14U had the game-tying run on third base with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, but Garretson got the final out to hang on to a 4-3 victory on Thursday, July 7th.
West Central got the first run in the bottom of the first. Connor Mebius scored on a passed ball. Garretson took the lead in the top of the second with two runs. The went ahead 3-1 after a run in the top of the fourth. West Central answered with a run in the bottom of the inning. Jericho Klein scored on a steal of home. Garretson pushed the lead to 4-2 after a run in the top of the fifth.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth and a runner on third, CJ DenBoer hit an RBI double to right field to cut the lead to 4-3. DenBoer ended on third after advancing a base on the throw. With the tying run on third, Garretson got the final out on a strikeout.
DenBoer had a double and RBI. Braxton Huber, Bubba Kono, and Mebius all had singles. Karson Olson pitched two innings and allowed two earned runs on two hits. Jacob Mallinger pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed an earned run on a hit and a walk with a strikeout. Lane Maske pitched one inning and allowed an unearned run on a walk. Klein pitched 1/3 of an inning.