After rainouts Friday night and Saturday, the Onalaska Wildcats were on the road against the Trinity Tigers Monday night, completing the season sweep of the Tigers with a 15-3 win in five innings.
Wyatt Reyes started things off in the first inning for Onalaska with a leadoff walk. He stole second base, then scored on a double to center field by Patrick Roth.
In the bottom half of the inning, Trinity starting pitcher Canyen Hollis hit a double to right-center and scored on an error to tie the game, 1-1.
The Wildcats scored six runs In the top of the second inning. Jarrett Purkerson singled and Blaine De La Cerda reached base on error. Ty Phillips laid down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners into scoring position. Purkerson scored on an RBI-single from Conner Ruiz and De La Cerda scored on an error by the Tiger shortstop. Reyes drew a walk, followed by a Jake Gibson bunt to load the bases. Roth picked up two more RBIs on a Texas Leaguer to right. A sacrifice fly scored Gibson from third, and a double from Brayden Topkins scored Roth to put Onalaska up, 7-1.
Trinity scored two runs in the bottom of the inning on a double to left-center. After the second inning, the score was 7-3.
The Wildcats added four more runs in the third on four hits and three walks. The score was 11-3 through three innings.
Gibson led off the fifth inning with a standup triple off the wall in right field. He scored on an infield single from Thad Lilley. Lilley stole second base, then third base, and crossed home on a Topkins single. A sacrifice from De La Cerda scored Topkins, and a pinch-hit RBI by Jerry Pinkert gave the Wildcats a 12-run lead.
Gibson was 3-for-4 with a triple, RBI, and scored three runs. Topkins went 2-for-3 with a double, walk, run scored, and three RBIs. Topkins was the starting pitcher for the Wildcats, getting the complete-game win, allowing only two earned runs on six hits, no walks, and struck out eight batters.
The win gives Onalaska a 2–1 district record, who will begin the series against the Crockett Bulldogs Tuesday night.
