The Westwood baseball season came to an end on Monday in the Duck River Valley Conference baseball tournament at Liberty. A short-handed Rocket squad put up a valiant fight but could not claim the upset falling to Liberty 7 to 2.
Batting first as the lower seed, Liberty got on the board in the top of the first inning with a pair of runs and held the 2 to 0 lead through 4 innings. In the 5th, the Patriots tacked on 3 more runs to build a 5 to 0 cushion. Two more runs in the 6th put Westwood in a 7 to 0 hole with 6 outs remaining. As has been the case all season, Westwood battled back scoring a pair of runs in the 6th inning but could get no closer.
Blake Hale and Trenton Thompson led the Rockets offensively as each got on board twice and each scored a run. Brady Nugent and Jonathan Nelson each reached base safely two times as well.
Coach Dustin Hereford, along with members from the Westwood Middle School baseball team, will be guests on Saturday’ Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the season. The Coffee Coaches Show is heard live each Saturday from 10 to 11 AM HERE on Thunder Radio. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.
