Tri-Valley 16U scored eight runs in the final two innings for a 15-7 road win over Hamlin on Thursday, June 16th.
Hamlin took the early lead in the bottom of the first with a run. Tri-Valley took their first lead with four runs in the top of the second. Ledger Burggraff, Mayson Rise, and Carter Sorenson all had RBIs. Tri-Valley scored three more times in the top of the third. Levi Kretzschmar had an RBI sacrifice fly, M. Rise had an RBI single, and Javier Mendoza had an RBI ground out.
Hamlin started to chip away at the lead over the next few innings. They scored two times in the bottom of the third, two in the bottom of the fourth, and two in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game 7-7.
Tri-Valley took the lead for good in the top of the sixth. Alex Wingen had a two-run single. Holden Rise added an RBI single later in the inning, and Wingen scored on a passed ball for an 11-7 lead. They scored four more times in the top of the seventh, all with two outs. Everett Althoff drew a bases-loaded walk, Cyrus Kirsteing had a two-run single, and Althoff scored on an error.
H. Rise and Wingen each had two hits and two RBIs. Althoff had a double and an RBI. Sorenson had a double and two RBIs. Kirstein had a hit and two RBIs. Kretzschmar, Burggraff, and M. Rise all had a single and RBI. Mendoza had an RBI.
Benjamin Myre pitched 3 1/3 innings allowing five runs, three earned, on four hits and four walks with three strikeouts. Sorenson pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed two unearned runs on two hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Wingen pitched one inning and recorded two strikeouts.