The Santa Barbara Foresters have advanced to the semifinals at the 92nd National Baseball Congress World Series. They eliminated the Austin Gold Sox 7-0 in the quarterfinals, achieving their third shutout win in four games in this tournament.
Game Highlights
Noah Waldeck pitched seven innings of 3-hit scoreless ball to lead the Foresters. Brady Janusek led a balanced offensive attack with two runs batted in, tripling in Sawyer Farr in the fifth inning and knocking in another run on a groundout in the seventh inning.
The Foresters took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a soft RBI single to right by Donovan LaSalle to score Caleb Hoover. The Gold Sox walked in a run in the third inning and a wild pitch in the top of the fifth let the Foresters’ third run in. Cole Chamberlain blasted an RBI double in the sixth inning to make it 5-0.
A passed ball in the top of the eighth produced the Foresters’ seventh and final run of the game. The star of the game was Waldeck, who struck out six batters in his dominant start. The Foresters will play in Friday’s semifinal against the winner of the Seattle Blackfins vs Junction City Brigade quarterfinal game.
Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.
