The West Central Trojan high school club baseball team blanked Tri-Valley 8-0 on Thursday, May 4th.
The two teams remained locked in a scoreless battle for three innings. West Central got their first run in the top of the fourth inning. Brayden Odegaard scored on a passed ball for an early 1-0 lead. The score remained 1-0 until the top of the sixth. Will Nester had an RBI single, and Brody Jacobson had an RBI sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead. The big inning came in the top of the seventh. Nester had an RBI sacrifice fly, Xzavian Ferris scored on a wild pitch, Caden Alfson scored on an error, and Owen Heath had a two-run triple.
Tri-Valley was held to just one hit in the game. Nathan Madison had a single. Kaden Egger pitched 5 2/3 innings for Tri-Valley allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Brody Dybvig pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed five runs, two earned, on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Heath had a triple and two RBIs for West Central. Nester finished with a hit and two RBIs. Brodie Herr finished with two hits. Deuce Sherard had a triple. Alfson and Keaton Vessells both had a single. Jacobson ended with an RBI. Odegaard pitched 4 2/3 innings and did not allow a hit with two walks and five strikeouts. Herr pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed just one hit with five strikeouts.
