The West Central high school baseball team used a fifth-inning rally to help them to an 8-4 win over McCook Central on Wednesday, May 7th.
McCook Central started with a 1-0 lead by scoring a run in the bottom of the first. West Central tied the game with a run in the top of the third. They took the lead, 2-1, with a run in the top of the fourth. The big blow was delivered by West Central when they scored five runs for a 7-1 lead. McCook Central scored a run in the bottom of the fifth. Both teams scored a run in the sixth making the score 8-3 in favor of West Central. McCook Central scored one more run in the bottom of the seventh.
Keaton Vessells had two hits, one a home run, with two RBIs. Caden Alfson had a home run with three RBIs. Gunnar Alfson added two hits. Beckett Everson, Zach Lorang, and Lando Whiting all had one hit each. Hayes Cain added an RBI. Ashton Gebhardt pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts. CJ DenBoer pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed an earned run on three hits with two strikeouts.
