Jonathan Nelson of Westwood baseball
Facing elimination from the postseason tournament, the Westwood baseball team traveled to Wartrace on Monday. Taking on Cascade in the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament play-in game, the Rockets saw their season come to a close. Westwood fell by a final score of 13 to 3.
In the top of the first inning, Jayden Carter got a single and advanced to 3rd base but was stranded there. Cascade seized the momentum as they sent 16 batters to the plate in the bottom of the 1st inning scoring 11 times. Four Westwood errors and 5 walks gave the Champions all the help they needed in that disastrous first frame as they jumped on the Rockets. Not to be deterred, Westwood allowed only 2 hits the rest of the way as the defense did not commit as error after the tough first frame.
Westwood got their 3 runs in the top of the 5th. Caiden Warren got a 1 out single and Cayden Trail reached on an error before a walk by Carter loaded the bases. Timothy Henderson was hit by a pitch to drive in 1 runs before Jonathan Nelson hit a 2 RBI single. Westwood finished the game with 3 hits.
