West Central 16U baseball played four games from Friday, June 17th through Sunday, June 19th. They split those four games finishing 2-2 over the weekend.
Sioux Falls Post 15 West 16U 5, West Central 3
Sioux Falls Post 15 scored two times in the first inning and never trailed in a 5-3 win over West Central on Friday, June 17th.
West Central cut the lead in half, 2-1, when Jesse Jost scored in the top of the third. Sioux Falls added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth for a 5-1 lead. Will Nester scored on an a fielder’s choice in the top of the sixth to cut the lead to 5-2. Nester doubled driving home Jost in the top of the seventh, but the rally ended after just one run.
Nester had two doubles and an RBI. Landen Holewa had three hits. Cain Grocott finished with two hits, one a double. Jost also had two hits. Keaton Vessells and Maison Schuldt each had a hit. Schuldt pitched five innings and allowed five runs, three earned, on seven hits while striking out five. Cyrus Maras pitched an inning and walked one batter.
West Central 8, Watertown Red Sox 16U 4
West Central scored early, plating five runs in the first two innings, in an 8-4 win over the Watertown Red Sox on Saturday, June 18th.
Jost hit an inside-the-park home run to start the bottom of the first inning for West Central. Schuldt added an RBI single for a 2-0 lead. Watertown scored one run in the top of the second, but West Central answered with three more in the bottom of the inning. Nester had an RBI single, and Vessells brought home two with a double.
Watertown picked up two runs in the top of the third, but West Central extended the lead to 7-3 after two runs in the bottom oft the fourth. Jost scored the first run of the inning, and Vessells added an RBI ground out. Each team then scored a run in the sixth inning.
Jost had four hits, including the inside-the-park home run, with an RBI. Vessells had a double and three RBIs. Nester had a hit with two RBIs. Schuldt finished with a single and an RBI. Holewa, Cade Vanderwoude, and Jonathan Murray each had a hit. Holewa pitched all seven innings and allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits and three walks with six strikeouts.
West Central 10, Ralston 16U 2
West Central scored early and then pulled away late in a 10-2 win over Ralston on Saturday. Vessells had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Schuldt had an RBI single in the top of the first for a 2-0 lead. Nester was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the second, and West Central led 3-0.
Ralston scored two times in the bottom of the third to make it a 3-2 game after three innings. West Central then pulled away with three runs in the top of the fourth on only two hits. They then added four runs in the top of the fifth. Murray had an RBI hit, and Nester brought home two more with a single.
Carter Evens had three hits in the game. Nester had one hit and four RBIs. Vessells finished with a triple and an RBI. Schuldt and Murray both had a hit and an RBI. Jost, Holewa, and Grocott all had a single as well. Vanderworde pitched five innings and allowed two earned runs on four hits with five strikeouts.
Sioux Falls Post 15 East 16U 12, West Central 0
Sioux Falls Post 15 East scored in every inning and held West Central to just two hits in a 12-0 win on Sunday. Post 15 scored a run in the first, two in the second, one in the third, and eight more in the bottom of the fourth.
Holewa and Evens each had a hit. Vanderwoude pitched two innings and allowed three earned runs on six hits with a strikeout. Vessells pitched one inning and allowed an earned run on a walk with one strikeout. Grocott pitched 1/3 of an inning allowing eight runs, seven earned, on six hits and two walks.