West Central put together another late rally to remain undefeated on the season. This time West Central rallied to take an 11-6 win over Groton.
Groton scored two right away in the top of the first for an early 2-0 lead. Nick Lorang had an RBI single, and Gunnar Alfson stole home in the bottom of the first to tie the score 2-2. Beckett Everson added an RBI double in the bottom of the third. JT Steckley also had an RBI double and then scored on an error to give West Central a 5-2 lead.
Groton pulled within a run, 5-4, with two runs in the top of the fifth. Hayden Whiting and CJ Den Boer earned bases-loaded walks to push their lead back three runs, 7-4. Groton picked up two runs in the top of the sixth to get within one again, 7-6. Steckley had an RBI double, Eli Koehn added an RBI single, and then both of them scored on a wild pitch to make the score 11-6.
Steckley had two doubles and two RBIs. Everson had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Den Boer and Koehn both had two singles and an RBI. Alfson ended with a single and a double. Lorang added a single and an RBI. Hayes Cain had a single, and Whiting had an RBI.
Taten Van Overbeke pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on two hits and three walks with five strikeouts. Cain pitched 1 1/3 innings and allowed an earned run on two hits with four strikeouts.
