Madison Black 14U scored six times in the top of the fifth inning, which proved to be the difference in a 10-4 win over Tri-Valley Maroon on Tuesday, June 7th.
Madison scored two times in the top of the second inning for an early 2-0 lead. Tri-Valley had a big inning of their own in the bottom of the fourth. Tristen Bunde had an RBI ground ball and reached on an error. Treyson Richter also scored on the error to tie the game 2-2. Gage Egger followed with an RBI single. Parker Atwood had an RBI ground out later in the inning, and Tri-Valley led 4-2 after the fourth inning.
Madison, however, scored six times in the top of the fifth, all with two outs. The runs came on just two hits, but also four walks, a hit batter, and an error. Madison would also score a single run in the top of the sixth and seventh innings.
Egger had a hit and an RBI. Richter had two hits, including a double. Denton Bicknase finished with a single. Bunde had two RBIs in the game, and Atwood had one RBI. Cole Hendrixson pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing two runs, neither of them earned, on a hit and walk with four strikeouts. Bunde pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed six runs, all earned, on six hits and three walks with five strikeouts. Jackson Williams allowed two unearned runs on two walks.