Tri-Valley 16U scored four runs in the top of the eighth for a 10-6 road win over Flandreau on Thursday, June 30th.
Carter Sorenson drove home the first run for Tri-Valley on a single in the top of the first. Flandreau took the lead in the bottom of the inning with three runs. They added another in the bottom of the second and led 4-1 after two innings of play.
Hunter Foster had a two-run single in the top of the third to pull Tri-Valley within a run, 4-3. Tri-Valley would tie the game in the top of the fifth on an RBI double by Javier Mendoza. Flandreau regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the sixth. Cody Lofswold and Sorenson both scored in the top of the seven to give Tri-Valley a 6-5 lead. Fandreau took advantage of an error in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game 6-6 and force extra innings.
Alex Wingen broke the tie with an RBI single in the top of the eighth. Sorenson added a three-run double with two outs to push the lead to 10-6 for Tri-Valley. Flandreau went down in order in the bottom of the eighth.
Wingen had three hits, one a double, and an RBI. Sorenson had two hits, one a double, and four RBIs. Everett Althoff and Lofswold both had two hits. Foster finished with a single and three RBIs. Mendoza had a double and an RBI. Levi Kretzschmar and Benjamin Myhre both had a single.
Cyrus Kirstein pitched five innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts. Sorenson pitched two innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Wingen pitched one inning.
