West Central Blue 14U had a seven-run fifth inning that was key to a 12-8 win over Tri-Valley White on Tuesday, June 28th.
Nick Lorang had an RBI single in the top of the first for West Central. Tri-Valley tied the game in the bottom of the inning on an RBI ground out by Cooper Nielson. Gavin Dehaven scored on a passed ball in the top of the second. Hayes Cain also scored on a passed ball in the top of the third, and Alex Siemonsma had an RBI ground out to give West Central a 4-1 lead.
Tri-Valley got two runs in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 4-3. Blaine Wiezoreck and Bracken Shapre both had RBI singles. After Tri-Valley got the lead down to one, West Central then had their big seven-run fifth inning. Jack Sebert scored on a passed ball. Siemonsma had a two-run single. Layne Bares and Taten VanOverbeke both had RBI singles, and then Sebert had a two run single to give West Central an 11-3 lead.
Tri-Valley got two runs on a single by Wiezoreck in the bottom of the fifth. The score remained 11-5 heading into the seventh inning. VanOverbeke scored on an error for West Central. Tri-Valley got three runs in their half of the seventh. Matthew Cypher scored on an error, Wiezoreck scored on a passed ball, and Landen Jensen had an RBI ground out.
Sebert had two hits and two RBIs for West Central. Siemonsma had a hit and three RBIs. Lorang, VanOverbeke, and Bares all had a hit and an RBI. Zach Lorang had two hits. Cain and Dehaven both had a single. Siemonsma pitched five innings and allowed five runs, one earned, on six hits with six strikeouts.
Tri-Valley was led by Wiezoreck with three hits and two RBIs. Nielson and Jensen both had a hit and an RBI. Cypher had two hits. Sullivan Snethen, Noah Eggert, and Sharpe all had a single.