{"id":3197,"date":"2026-05-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:32:29","slug":"west-central-baseball-rallies-for-win-over-baltic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2026\/05\/03\/west-central-baseball-rallies-for-win-over-baltic\/","title":{"rendered":"West Central Baseball Rallies for Win over Baltic"},"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\" \/>The West Central high school baseball team rallied in the top of the seventh to earn a 4-2 road win against Baltic on Sunday, May 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Baltic scored the first two runs in the bottom of the first for a 2-0 lead.\u00a0 West Central cut the lead in half, 2-1, in the top of the third when Beckett Everson scored on an error.\u00a0 The score remained 2-1 in favor of Baltic until the the top of the seventh.\u00a0 With two outs and a runner on third, CJ Den Boer reached on an error that scored Zach Lorang to tie the game.\u00a0 Nick Lorang hit a game-winning two-run single three batters later.<\/p>\n<p>JT Steckley had two hits, one a double.\u00a0 N. 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