Tri-Valley White 14U scored eight times in the third inning and held off Tea-P in a 13-11 win on Wednesday, June 15th.
Tri-Valley scored a run in the top of the first when Sullivan Snethen scored on a wild pitch. Tea put together a three-run second inning to lead 3-1 at that point. That’s when Tri-Valley had their big inning.
Tri-Valley scored eight runs on four hits and four walks in the inning. Tea responded with a five-run bottom of the third, but Tri-Valley held a 9-8 lead after three innings.
Noah Eggert extended the lead with an RBI single in the top of the fourth. Both Matthew Cypher and Eggert later scored in the inning for a 12-8 advantage. Tea also scored three times in the bottom of the fourth, and the lead was just 12-11. Tri-Valley added a big insurance run in the top of the fifth to secure the win.
Cooper Nielson had three hits. Austin Puetz had two hits and an RBI. Bracken Sharpe also had two hits. Eggert finished with a single and an RBI. Snethen, Cypher, Landen Jensen, and Brenner Struiksma all had singles.
Brady Jewett pitched two innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits with a strikeout. Nielson pitched one inning allowing seven runs, five earned, on three hits and seven walks with two strikeouts. Blaine Wiezoreck pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing an unearned run while striking out three.