West Central 16U split a doubleheader with Lennox on Tuesday, July 19th. The first game went to West Central 8-7, but the second game was won by Lennox 2-6.
West Central 8, Lennox 7
West Central scored the first eight runs in the three innings and then held off a Lennox rally to win the first game. Jesse Jost scored on an error, Will Nester had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Cain Grocott had an RBI single in the top of the first for a 3-0 lead.
Jost had an RBI single, Rayce Whiting scored on a wild pitch, and Maison Schuldt had an RBI single in the top of the second to extend the lead to 6-0. Cade Vanderwoude had a bases-loaded walk, and Whiting had an RBI sacrifice fly in the third. West Central led 8-0 after they were done hitting in the top of the third. Lennox put together a big rally in the bottom of the third scoring five times. They added a run in the fifth and sixth inning. The tying run was on third and winning run on second with two outs, but Keaton Vessells got a strikeout to end the game.
Grocott finished with two hits and an RBI. Jost, Schuldt, and Whiting all had a hit and an RBI. Vessells and Carter Evans both added singles. Nester and Vanderwoude added an RBI. Grocott pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed five runs, three earned, on two hits and four walks with a strikeout. Vessells pitched 3 2/3 innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks with 10 strikeouts.
Lennox 6, West Central 2
Lennox built a 3-0 lead which was enough to take the second game. They scored two runs in the bottom of the second and another in the third to lead 3-0 after three innings. Nester scored on a wild pitch in the top of the fourth. Lennox responded with two more runs in the bottom of the inning. Cyrus Maras also scored on a wild pitch in the top of the fifth inning. Lennox also scored their last run in the fifth.
Jost had the only hit in the game for West Central. Vanderwoude pitched five innings and allowed six earned runs on 11 hits with four strikeouts.