Southeast District Division III
BB — No. 18 Westfall 5, No. 7 South Point 1
SOUTH POINT — Westfall made the most of the long bus ride to South Point Thursday as the No. 18 seed Mustangs upset the No. 7 seed Pointers 5-1 to advance in the Southeast District tournament.
Westfall wasted little time as the Mustangs jumped out in front in their first at-bat.
After the first two Mustangs were retired, Noah Stonerock had a hit and Brenden Tuttle drew a walk. Bryce Wickline then singled to right field to bring in Stonerock and Tuttle advanced to third.
Tuttle scored by stealing home and Wickline advanced to second on the play.
Brady Mullins then hit one to third that was misplayed allowing Wickline to come in to put the Mustangs up 3-0.
The score stayed there until the bottom of the fourth when the first two Pointers drew walks, and an error loaded the bases. A single then pushed across South Point’s lone run of the game.
The Mustangs got out of the inning when Tuttle struck out the next batter, there was a foul popup caught and then a grounder to second retired the Pointers in the inning.
Westfall added a couple of insurance runs in the seventh when Trent Gardner led off with a single and AJ Pluta followed with a double to right field. Walters then singled to center to bring in Gardner and Pluta.
Tuttle pitched five innings in getting the win. He allowed one unearned run while giving up three hits, walked four and he struck out nine.
Stonerock pitched two scoreless innings in relief. He gave up one hit and walked two.
Westfall (9-14) returns to the field Thursday playing No. 6 Minford (18-4) at Paints Stadium at the VA facility in Chillicothe. Theirs will be the second game of the night and will follow the 4 p.m. game between No. 1 Wheelersburg and No. 12 Wellston.
Central District Division I
SB — No. 7 Teays Valley 2, No. 4 Delaware Hayes 1
DELAWARE — It took three days to complete, but Teays Valley finally prevailed 2-1 over Delaware Hayes.
The Vikings had taken a 2-0 lead Tuesday afternoon before weather delayed the game with action being picked up Thursday in the fourth inning.
That TV lead came from runs scored in the second when Micah Mann put down a sacrifice that scored Ava Ackerman.
After a groundout, Morgan Cantrell singled to right to score Avery Stratton.
TV had only three more base runners the rest of the game – never more than one in an inning.
The Pacers scored their run in the sixth inning Thursday. They opened the inning with a single and, after a strikeout, laid down a bunt that was misplayed which resulted in the runner making it all the way around to score.
Alyvia Lawrentz pitched all seven innings for the Vikings. She gave up only two hits, struck out nine and did not issue a walk.
Cantrell had three hits for the Vikings.
The Vikings (19-7) are back at it Friday with a 5 p.m. first pitch against No. 6 Marysville (17-8). The game will be played at Pickerington High School Central.
Southeast District Division II
BB — No. 3 Sheridan 3, No. 14 Logan Elm 2 (8 innings)
THORNVILLE — Sheridan opened the bottom of the eighth inning with a single followed up by an RBI double to end Logan Elm’s season 3-2.
After allowing the Generals two runs in the first inning, LE’s Grant Cline officially faced the minimum over the next six.
Sheridan didn’t have a baserunner for four innings before a batter reached on an error in the sixth. But a double play took care of that.
In the seventh, a hit batter gave Sheridan a base runner with one out. A fielder’s choice got the lead runner. Catcher Carson Summers then threw out a runner trying to steal second to end the seventh.
The Braves (11-13) scored their two runs in third when Kyle Rine reached on an error and Colton Eplin doubled. Kelton Bennington hit a grounder to first that was misplayed allowing Rine to score. Keegan Diehl then hit a grounder to second which brought in Ebert.
Cline went the distance for the Braves giving up three earned runs on four hits with two walks and he struck out seven.
Bryson Ruff started for the Generals and went four innings. He gave up LE’s two runs on three hits and struck out two.
Caden Sheridan pitched four scoreless, hitless innings to get the win. He struck out seven.
Neither Sheridan pitcher issued a walk.
