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MILL HALL -- Riding high, Midd-West's baseball squad took advantage of early Central Mountain miscues and timely hitting and came out the a 10-3 winner Friday as both teams head into the holiday weekend.
Pitching-wise, the Mustangs had solid outings from Griffen Paige and Caden Wolfley keeping the Wildcat offense off balanced allowing only six hits in the victory.
"We were waiting for this team to wake up and today we woke up. So let's see where we go from here," Midd-West coach Scott Wright said. "We have a great group of kids. This is probably the best group of kids I've had. Now we are ready to go."
Taking the loss for Central Mountain was Gabe Johnson.
Picking up multiple hits for Central Mountain was Nate Helms as he 2-for-3,scoring a run on two doubles.
Midd-West's Caden Wolfley finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and four runs scored, while Paige was 3-for-3 with an RBI, and a run scored.
Midd-West got started in the first inning, plating one run to jump onto the scoreboard.
Wolfley hustled out a misplayed grounder to short, with one out. Paige followed with a walk, putting runners on first and second. Then with two outs, Jullian Krainack took one for the team as he was plunked to load the bases.
Aidan Everly brought home Wolfley, making it 1-0.
In the bottom of the inning, Paige set down the Wildcats 1-2-3, giving his offense a chance to add to the lead.
Add to the lead they did.
This time, the Mustangs had some kick in their bats, starting with Matt Weimer.
Weimer singled into right field, then stole second and scored on two wild pitches.
Wolfley singled into shallow left field. He followed in Weimer's footsteps making the most of the two wild pitches as well, landing on third.
Paige helped his own cause as he blasted an RBI double down the left field line, scoring Wolfley.
Central Mountain cut into the Midd-West lead in the bottom of the third picking up a run.
Connor Foltz led off the inning with a slow roller that allowed him to beat the throw out from short. He would later score on an RBI fielder's choice by Crusen Stover, making it a 3-1 advantage going into the fourth.
But Midd-West went right back to work in the top of the fourth, adding some cushion to their lead.
A 3-run double by Trevor Sheaffer, upped the visitors' lead to 6-1.
In the top of the fifth Midd-West posted three more hits and made the most of two uncharacteristic errors to post a 4-run frame, making it a 10-1 lead.
The Wildcats added two runs in the fifth but the Mustangs would shut down the Wildcats offense from there en route to the win.
Midd-West 10, Central Mountain 3
MW 120 340 0 – 10 10 0
CM 001 020 0 – 3 6 0
WP: Griffen Paige LP: Gabe Johnson. SO: Caden Wolfley 4, Paige 2 (MW); Dallas Alexander 3, Johnson 5 (CM). 3B: MW – Wolfley. 2B: MW – Paige, Trevor Sheaffer. CM- Helms (2). MH: Wolfley 3-4, Paige 3-3 (MW); Nate Helms 2-3 (CM). RBI: Wolfley, Paige 2, Easton Erb, Trevor Sheaffer 3, Aidan Everly (MW); Cayde McCloskey 2, Stover (CM).