West Central scored two in the bottom of the fifth and two more in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn a 7-3 win over Sioux Falls Christian on Monday, May 17th.
West Central scored the first three runs of the game. Loren Jacobson had an RBI ground out in the top of the first inning to score Ryan Healy for a 1-0 lead. The first four batters of the third inning for West Central all hit singles. Grafton Stroup had an RBI on his hit as did Noah Hohn to push the West Central lead to 3-0.
Sioux Falls Christian two runs in the bottom of the third inning on back-to-back singles to cut the lead to 3-2. Sioux Falls Christian then tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning after a West Central error.
The Trojans regained the lead in the top of the fifth inning. Stroup lead off the inning with a home run to right field. Braden Herr hit an RBI sacrifice fly later in the inning to make the score 5-3. Two more runs scored in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI single by Jacobson and an RBI double by Stroup.
Stroup had three hits, including a home run and double, with three RBIs. Jacobson had two hits and two RBIs. Hohn finished with two hits, including a double, with an RBI. Herr also had an RBI. Healy picked up two hits, and Ben Sebert, Adam Parsons, and Seth Gabbert all had a hit.
Herr pitched four innings giving up three runs, two earned, on two hits with five walks and six strikeouts. Stroup pitched the final three innings giving up just one hit and had five strikeouts.