The West Central Gold 14U team scored a big road win on Thursday, June 10th. West Central defeated Volga 26-4 in five innings.
The visitors scored first with two runs in the top of the first inning. Volga responded with a run in the bottom of the inning, and West Central led 2-1 after the first inning. West Central would add four more runs in the top of the second to extend the lead to 6-1. Volga pulled within two runs, 6-4, after three runs in the bottom of the third inning. Then West Central scored 20 straight runs. They scored six times in the fourth inning and then plated 14 runs in the top of the fifth.
West Central had a total of 16 hits with eight different players getting a hit in the game. Jesse Jost had four hits and three RBIs. Keaton Vessells had three hits, one of them a double, with four RBIs. Cain Grocott also had three hits, one of them a triple, and four RBIs. Nick Lorang had two hits, one a double, with two RBIs. Caden Alfson finished with a double and three RBIs. Jack Sebert and Seth Lind both had a hit and two RBIs. Jacob Kono also had a hit.
Vessells pitched two innings allowing one earned run on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Sebert pitched an inning allowing three earned runs on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Lorang pitched two innings of no-hit baseball with two strikeouts.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Central Gold 14U | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | X | X | 26 | 16 | 1 |
| Volga 14U | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 | 5 | 6 |