The 2016 DCSD 8th Annual Junior All-Star Baseball Classic MVPS -- (l-r) Chrestian Adams (Stephenson and Kennet Sorenson (St. Pius)

The 2016 DCSD 8th Annual Junior All-Star Baseball Classic MVPS — (l-r) Chrestian Adams (Stephenson and Kennet Sorenson (St. Pius)

St. Pius X outfielder Kennet Sorenson drove in 5 runs to lead the West Junior All-Stars to a 13-6 victory over the East Junior All-Stars in the 8th Annual DCSD Junior All-Star Baseball Classic at the Georgia State Baseball Complex on Tuesday night.

Winning game propelled the West to a 3-1 series lead since the format changed to an East-West matchup in 2013.

The East jumped in front 1-0 in the bottom of the first as Miller Grove shortstop Daniel Harris singled with two out to score Stephenson’s Latrell Wyatt. West right fielder Shota Barbeau of Dunwoody ended the inning without further damage as he nailed Harris with a throw third on a single by Arabia Mountain’s Aaron Douglas.

The score was still 1-0 heading to the top of the third when the West took advantage of three walks and an East error to plate four runs to take the lead for good at 4-1.

Druid Hills’ Harrison Aiken tied the game at 1-1 with a fielder’s choice after the West had loaded the bases with nobody out. Decatur’s Alex Glier drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the go-ahead run and Naftali Robbins added an RBI single. Sorenson picked up the first of his five RBI with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1.

The West pushed the lead out to 6-1 on a fifth inning RBI double from Glier and sixth inning RBI single by Columbia’s Marvin Lloyd.

The East showed some life in the bottom half of the sixth picking up a RBI single by Stone Mountain’s Michael Williams and a West error to cut the lead to 6-3.

A big four-run inning in the seventh helped the West pretty much seal the victory as Sorenson stroked a three-run triple with the bases loaded and then came home to score on a wild pitch as the lead expanded to 10-3.

The East picked up single runs in the seventh on a Morris RBI double and in the eighth on a West error to make it a 10-5 margin.

Sorenson picked up his fifth RBI of the game with a single in the top of the ninth to start a three-run rally for a 13-5 advantage for the West. Cedar Grove’s Jenard Morris had a RBI triple and Barbeau singled in Morris to account for the final two runs of the inning.

The East scored one final run in the bottom of the ninth on Chrestian Adams RBI ground out to plate Redan’s Javeon Cody.

Harrison Aiken pitched the middle four innings to pick up the win for the West while Tucker’s Makai Holloway took the loss for the East with a tough one inning outing in the third.

The West offense was led by West MVP Kennet Sorenson (2-4, 5 RBI) along with Alex Glier (2-3, 2 RBI), Khalil Manuel (2-4) and Jenard Morris (2-5, 1 RBI).

The East was led by MVP Chrestian Adams (3-5, 1 run scored, 1 RBI), Javeon Cody (3-5), Daniel Harris (2-5, 2 RBI) and Aaron Douglas (2-5, 1 run scored).