Th
e Tri-Valley Mustang high school club baseball team dropped their second game of the season, 11-3, on Sunday, April 3rd at Mt Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney (MVPCS).
Tri-Valley got the early lead in the top of the first inning. Carter Sorenson led the game with a single. Sorenson later stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Cole Focken had an RBI sacrifice fly to score Sorenson. MVPCS then scored five unanswered runs over the next three innings. MVPCS scored two in the bottom of the first, one in the second, and two more in the third for a 5-1 lead.
After a scoreless fourth inning, Tri-Valley got another run in the top of the fifth. Lawson Loiseau drew a one-out walk, and Sorenson followed with a double scoring Loiseau. Tri-Valley led 5-2 after five innings, but MVPCS scored six times in the bottom of the sixth to put the game out of reach. Tri-Valley got one more run in the top of the seventh.
Sorenson had three hits, including two doubles, and two RBIs. Alex Wingen had a hit, and Focken had an RBI. Kaden Egger pitched three innings allowing five runs, two earned, on three hits with four walks and a strikeout. Riley Carlson pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing six runs, none of them earned, on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts.