Freshmen Hayden May and Blaine Raider combined to limit Southwestern to six hits Friday night to lead Triton Central to a 5-4 victory in the championship game of the Shelby County Tournament.

Played at Southwestern, May pitched into the seventh inning, allowed five hits and two walks while striking out 13 Spartans. Raider secured the final two outs of the game and left the tying run stranded at second base.

Triton Central (11-10) turned four hits and six walks into five runs. Matt Shircliff had two of those hits and one run batted in. May had a double and drove in a run.

Jordan Jones and Matt Clements each had three hits for Southwestern (6-15). Jones scored three runs. Clements had three RBIs.

Clements got the start on the mound. He pitched five innings and allowed three hits while striking out eight.

Jones pitched the final two innings and did not allow a run.

A Jonah DeArmitt run-scoring single in the bottom of the first inning gave the Spartans a 1-0 lead.

Triton Central tied the game in the third inning when a Hayden May groundout plated Avynn Whitaker.

The Tigers took the lead in the fourth inning on a wild pitch.

A three-run fifth inning turned out to be the difference in the outcome. Avram Rund was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it 3-1. Matt Shircliff followed with a run-scoring single and another wild pitch made it 5-1.