Vikings Take Two From Hartnell in Ten Innings of Work

Jake Pao takes third against Hartnell
Jake Pao takes third against Hartnell

The West Valley baseball team picked up two wins over Hartnell at Valhalla Wednesday afternoon, in only ten innings of baseball. The Vikings (9-6) got an RBI double from Zach Smits and a run-scoring fielder's choice from Rich Meyers for a 5-3, ten-inning victory over the Panthers to complete a Jan. 20 game suspended because of darkness. In game two, West Valley jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings, scoring four in the 1st on RBI singles from Meyers, Nate Maggi and Troy Gilmore, and picking up three in the 2nd on a two-run double from Nate Petrov and Hunter Schilperoort's RBI single. After the Panthers (2-14) put six runs on the board in the 3rd, the Vikings answered with a pair of unearned runs in the 4th. WVC closed out the scoring in the 8th with a Schilperoort two-run 2B and an RBI single from Ruben Trejo. Jake Pao continued his hot streak with a 3-5 afternoon, while Petrov was 2-5 with three RBI and Schilperoort finished 2-4 with two RBI. The Vikings travel to Skyline (4-11) Saturday (3/3). First pitch is 1:00pm.