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ALEXANDRIA, La. &045; Vidalia got a strong outing from pitcher Shane Knapp and took advantage of a few mistakes by West Feliciana at the Bolton Tournament to get a 7-1 win in a six inning game that was shortened because of a time limit.

In the third inning, leadoff hitter Jordan Brewer got on with a single and stole second base, then went to third on a passed ball.

&uot;Our leadoff hitter got on and then the heart of our order came up and did what they needed to,&uot; Vidalia assistant coach Tim Herndon said.

In the fifth, Vidalia again got its offense rolling, scoring two more runs to take a 5-1 lead.

&uot;We just strung a few hits together in that innings and it led to some runs,&uot; Herndon said. &uot;Their right fielder misjudged a fly ball from Brett Hinson and it led to two runs for us.

Knapp needed just 78 pitches to power through six innings of work.

&uot;He had nice control today and threw a lot of strikes,&uot; Herndon said. &uot;He even got the curveball across for some strikes, which really helped him.&uot;

Centreville 14, WCCA 4

CENTREVILLE &045; Brad Blades, Josh Lanehart and Alex White set the table and Jeffrey Delee was only too happy to clean it up.

Centreville’s Delee had a home run and a triple and drove home three runs in Centreville’s win over Wilkinson County Christian Academy. On the mound, Delee gave up just two hits and struck out eight.

&uot;We got started pretty early. We’ve been hitting ball well lately,&uot; Centreville coach Jason Horne said.

In the first inning Centreville jumped out a 4-0 lead. Blades and Lanehart had consecutive singles, then White knocked them both home. Delee pushed White in with a triple. In the second inning, Delee hit a two-run home run as the Tigers went out to an 8-0 advantage.

Centreville committed just three errors, a big improvement over some of their games.

&uot;Errors have killed us in our losses,&uot; Horne said. &uot;We had 10 against Huntington Tuesday, but we cut down on those tonight.&uot;

Monterey 5, Georgetown 2

Jena 12, Monterey 6

HARRISONBURG, La. &045; Monterey split two games at the Harrisonburg tournament, beating Georgetown in the first game and then falling to Jena in the second.

Monterey scored three runs in the fifth inning to beat Georgetown, getting a home run from Matt Shively to help win the game, Monterey’s first victory of the season.

Jena scored 12 runs in the first inning, putting away the Wolves early and cruising in to the finish. Max Green and Billy Metcalfe had home runs for Monterey in the loss.

Silliman 17, Trinity 3

CLINTON, La. &045; Trinity’s Clint Easom hit a home run to left on the first pitch of the game.

From that point on, things didn’t go so well for the Saints, who fell to Silliman in a blowout. Eight errors proved very costly for the Saints, who allowed 14 unearned runs in the game. Silliman’s 17 runs came on just seven hits. Trinity pitchers gave up 10 walks.