Scoring summary from Wednesday’s Class 2 semifinal, courtesy of MSHSAA:
West County starters: 22/cf Whitehead; 4/p Stacy; 15/ss Watson; 1/lf Nettles; 10/3b Sitton; 44/dh Gidden; 16/c Willhelm; 12/2b Kean; 8/1b Dowd; 17/rf Shannon;
Houston starters: 15/2b Stringer; 16/c Smith; 10/p Durst; 2/3b Pierce; 21/1b Hart; 5/cf Swearengin; 6/rf Weybright; 20/lf Harper; 19/ss Trentham;
West County 1st – Whitehead walked (3-2). Whitehead stole second. Stacy doubled to right center, RBI (3-2); Whitehead scored. Wolfin pinch ran for Stacy. Watson struck out (3-2). Nettles grounded out to 2b (0-1); Wolfin advanced to third. Sitton flied out to rf (2-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Houston 1st – Stacy to p for Wolfin. Stringer doubled to right field (0-1). Smith grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt, RBI (1-0); Stringer scored. Durst flied out to cf (0-0). Pierce singled to center field (1-0). Hart doubled to right field, RBI (2-0); Pierce scored. Swearengin popped up to ss (3-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
West County 2nd – Gidden walked (3-2). Willhelm struck out (0-2). Kean struck out (3-2). Dowd out at first p to 2b to 1b (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Houston 2nd – Weybright grounded out to 2b (0-0). Harper grounded out to 2b (0-2). Trentham struck out (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
West County 3rd – Whitehead fouled out to c (0-0). Stacy struck out (0-2). Watson struck out (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Houston 3rd – Stringer grounded out to 3b, bunt (0-0). Smith walked (3-1). Durst hit by pitch (1-2); Smith advanced to second. Pierce flied out to lf (2-1). Durst advanced to second on a wild pitch; Smith advanced to third. Hart singled to center field, 2 RBI (3-2); Durst scored; Smith scored. Stacy to ss. Watson to p. Swearengin singled, advanced to second on the throw (0-0); Hart advanced to third. Weybright doubled to left center, 2 RBI (1-0); Swearengin scored; Hart scored. Harper struck out (2-2). 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
West County 4th – Nettles grounded out to ss (1-0). Sitton reached on an error by ss (1-0). Gidden grounded out to 2b (0-0); Sitton advanced to second. Willhelm struck out (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Houston 4th – Trentham doubled to left center (0-1). Stringer grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-1); Trentham advanced to third. Smith walked (3-1). Durst singled to left field, RBI (1-0); Smith advanced to second; Trentham scored. Pierce doubled to right center, 2 RBI (1-2); Durst scored; Smith scored. Pierce advanced to third on a throwing error by cf, scored on the error, unearned. Hart walked (3-1). Swearengin reached on a fielder’s choice (0-0); Hart out at second p to ss. Swearengin stole second. Weybright reached on an error by 3b, advanced to second on the error (0-1); Swearengin scored, unearned. Harper reached on a throwing error by ss; Weybright scored, unearned. Trentham doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-0); Harper scored, unearned. Stringer popped up to p (3-1). 7 runs, 4 hits, 3 errors, 1 LOB.
West County 5th – Kean popped up to ss (0-0). Dowd flied out to rf (3-2). Whitehead singled through the left side (1-1). Stacy lined out to 2b (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.