Westfall Clinches Share Of SVC Baseball Crown With Win At Adena

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The Westfall Mustangs took advantage of a two-out bases loaded error in the top of the 7th inning to score a 2-0 victory at Adena that earns them no worse than a share of the SVC Baseball Championship.

For the (12-2) Mustangs, it is their second straight SVC title (no season in 2020 due to COVID) and forces Unioto to win their final two games in order to share the crown. The (10-2) Shermans were rained out vs Huntington on Wednesday and play Adena on Thursday in what will be their 13th conference contest.

What turned into a pitcher’s duel between Westfall’s Peyton Weiss and Adena’s Nate Throckmorton kept the contest scoreless until the last inning.  

In the top of the 7th, Westfall’s Caden Foreman singled followed by a fly-out. With two out, Seth Gifford blooped a double into short centerfield that fell between four Warriors defenders, followed by a Hunter Wright walk to load the bases.

The game saw its only two runs plated when the next Westfall batter reached on a Warriors fielding error.

Mustangs winning pitcher Peyton Weiss finished his complete game shutout by holding Adena scoreless in the home 7th to lift Westfall to the win and their second straight SVC title and 13th in school history. 

Weiss yielded only 7 base hits and fanned five Adena batters for the win.

In Frontier Athletic Conference Baseball, the Jackson Ironmen will share the championship with Miami Trace following an 8-4 win at McClain. Jackson and Miami Trace conclude their FAC Baseball seasons with (9-1) league records.