{"id":3181,"date":"2026-04-27T23:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:00:28","slug":"another-late-rally-keeps-west-central-baseball-undefeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2026\/04\/27\/another-late-rally-keeps-west-central-baseball-undefeated\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Late Rally Keeps West Central Baseball Undefeated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1064\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo-150x140.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo-150x140.png 150w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>West Central put together another late rally to remain undefeated on the season.\u00a0 This time West Central rallied to take an 11-6 win over Groton.<\/p>\n<p>Groton scored two right away in the top of the first for an early 2-0 lead.\u00a0 Nick Lorang had an RBI single, and Gunnar Alfson stole home in the bottom of the first to tie the score 2-2.\u00a0 Beckett Everson added an RBI double in the bottom of the third.\u00a0 JT Steckley also had an RBI double and then scored on an error to give West Central a 5-2 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Groton pulled within a run, 5-4, with two runs in the top of the fifth.\u00a0 Hayden Whiting and CJ Den Boer earned bases-loaded walks to push their lead back three runs, 7-4.\u00a0 Groton picked up two runs in the top of the sixth to get within one again, 7-6.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>Steckley had two doubles and two RBIs.\u00a0 Everson had two hits, one a double, and an RBI.\u00a0 Den Boer and Koehn both had two singles and an RBI.\u00a0 Alfson ended with a single and a double.\u00a0 Lorang added a single and an RBI.\u00a0 Hayes Cain had a single, and Whiting had an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Taten Van Overbeke pitched 4 1\/3 innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on two hits and three walks with five strikeouts.\u00a0 Cain pitched 1 1\/3 innings and allowed an earned run on two hits with four strikeouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Central put together another late rally to remain undefeated on the season.\u00a0 This time West Central rallied to take an 11-6 win over Groton. 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