Benicia, CA — Vanden Vikings Varsity Grabs Lead In Fifth Inning For Victory Over Benicia Vanden Vikings Varsity took the lead late and defeated Benicia 4-3 on Friday. The game was tied at three with Vanden Vikings Varsity batting in the bottom of the fifth when an error scored one run for Vanden Vikings Varsity. Vanden Vikings Varsity earned the victory despite allowing Benicia to score three runs in the fifth inning. Benicia offense in the inning was led by Quinton Rivero, Devin Mason, and Diego Menjivar, all sending runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning. Cody Buckley got the win for Vanden Vikings Varsity. Buckley surrendered zero runs on two hits over one and two-thirds innings, striking out four and walking zero. Calvin Malech, Tyler Bidou, and Jason Olsen all put in work in relief out of the bullpen, steering their team towards the victory. Malech recorded the last three outs to earn the save for Vanden Vikings Varsity. Caleb Friesen took the loss for Benicia. The pitcher went two innings, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out three. Lian Chang started the game for Benicia. The hurler lasted four innings, allowing two hits and one run while striking out four David (DJ) Anderson started the game for Vanden Vikings Varsity. The righthander surrendered zero runs on zero hits over three innings, striking out five and walking zero Isaac Zaldivar, Jovan Ochoa, Devin Riley, Dekker Smith, Aiden Moore, and Tyler James each collected one hit to lead Vanden Vikings Varsity.