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Sunday, May 5, 2013
Sports
The Baytown Sun 9A
PATRIOTS
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Despite the two-run in-
ning by Richmond Fos-
ter, third baseman Theron
Stockwell kept his cool
and made the long throw
over to first for the final
out and the Patriots forced
a game three with the 7-6
victory Friday night.
“He did a great job in
making the play,” Patri-
ots’ coach Thames said. “It
wasn't the best throw but
he gave us a chance and
Noah Clark made a great
dig and a great sell over at
first base,"
The Patriots scored sev-
en runs for their second
game in a row, and coach
Thames was very pleased
with their hitting.
“We have scored seven
runs in both games and that
should be enough to win a
game,” Thames said. “Sad-
ly it didn’t win us the first
one, but it did tonight. In
tomorrow’s game we just
need to score some more
runs.”
The Pats jumped out to
an early 3-0 lead in the first
inning and followed that
by another three-run inning
in the fifth inning.
To start the fifth for the
Patriots, Logan Daniels
walked. Brigham Rushing
followed that with a single,
followed by an RBI single
by Chase Ball. Rushing
later scored on an error and
Ball scored as well.
“The guys did a great
job of staying calm and
making the best plays,”
Thames said. “I thought
we had a better result to-
night than of last night,”
The Patriots winning run
came by Andrew Pantoja
in the bottom of the sixth
inning. Pantoja led off the
inning with a double, ad-
vanced to third on a sac fly,
and scored on a wild pitch,
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PEARLAND A sev-
en-run second inning by
Richmond Foster put the
Baytown Goose Creek
Memorial Patriots too far
out as they fell in game one
to Richmond Foster 11-7.
In the top of the second
inning, the Pats came out
screaming, loading the
bases and scoring one run
offof a Marc Witt RBI. but
left the bases loaded after
that. T hey then came out
and gave up six hits and
committed two errors to al-
low the seven runs.
“That is why we play a
2-out-of-3 series,” Thames
said. “We had one bad in-
ning that killed us, now in
the last two games.”
T he Patriots struck back
in both the fourth and sixth
innings with three runs in
each. Chase Ball got a two
out two RBI double in the
fourth and then scored later
in the inning.
And in the sixth inning
Coby Schumaker got an
RBI single, which was fol-
lowed by a two-RBI single
by Brigham Rushing.
Both innings the Pats
strung key hits together
and both times they left
two runners on base.
“We have to avoid do-
ing that.” Thames said. “I
thought we did a good job
stringing hits together lat-
er on, but that is When we
played loose. If we play
loose we play good, but
when we play tight we don't.
We aren't a good team at all
when we play tight.”
The Patriots bullpen did
a good job holding Foster
to four runs in the remain-
ing five innings.
GCMs Jose
Silva throws
a pitch during
Thursday's
playoff matchup
against Rich-
mond Foster.
Baytown Sun
photo/Robert
Chambliss
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stunned, taken aback and
momentarily in shock. And
then Ranger Nation came
alive. Paddie's teammates
rushed out to console him.
The fans began clapping
and applauding the players
as they filed out of the dug-
out.
The players’ heads' rose
up and the tears turned to
smiles.
Teammates hugged and
embraced, some for the last
time. Parents went on the
field to take pictures.
Despite giving the No. 5
ranked Pearland Oilers all
they could handle and tak-
ing them to the brink of de-
feat the Rangers were elim-
inated in the first round of
the playoffs for the second
year in a row.
This one feels different.
While this one no doubt
hurts, it feels like the begin-
ning instead of the end.
The Rangers return six
starters next season and
have some talented under-
classmen who were subs
this season and should
move into prominent start-
ing roles for next season.
The torch has been passed
from this years seniors and
the Sterling Rangers base-
ball program is in good
hands.
Head Coach Paul Tad-
dlock said. “I can't say-
enough about what this
year's seniors meant to this
program. the leadership
they showed, the way in
which they carried them-
selves on and off the field
representing their school
and team in a positive light.
We usually have team cap-
tains but this season the se-
niors took over and brought
the whole team together.
The seniors were united
as one and as a result, so
were the team. They will be
missed."
After losing to Pearland
8-0 on Friday night a dif-
ferent team showed up at
Pearland ITS on Saturday,
playing their best game of
the season.
Unfortunately sometimes
when you’re playing such
a talented team, w ith the
pitching depth as Pearland
your best just isn't, quite
enough.
Senior Kyle Hill did his
best, holding the Oilers to
four runs, only one earned,
in six innings.
Centcrfielder Brandon
Home had two hits, and
first baseman Cameron
Gregory and outfielder Dal-
las Woods had one each.
Home, Paddie and second
baseman Dav id Garcia each
scored a run.
Three of the Rangers
seniors Brandon Home
tSeminole State), Cameron
Gregory (Ranger JC) and
Derek Paddie (Missouri JC)
w ill be continuing their
playing careers next season
at the collegiate level.
The Rangers' other five
seniors Hill (Uotll), 2B
RINK
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EAGLES
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down in the third, and then
they tied it up in the sev-
enth, hut we still came back
and scored some more. We
don’t give up. These guys
fight, and Failure doesn’t
bother them.”
Barbers Hill advances to
play Brenhatn, with Game
1 taking place at 7 p.m. on
Thursday at Fireman’s Park
in Brenham while Game 2
will be held at 7 p.m. on Fri-
day at Barbers Hill. Game 3,
if necessary, w ill be held at
a neutral site yet to be deter-
mined.
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MONT BELVIEU Bar-
bers Hill flexed their offen-
sive muscles Friday night in
the opening game of a best-
of-three bi-distriet matchup
against Little Cypress-Mau-
riceville. as the Eagles
scored eight runs in the
second inning en route to a
14-4 pounding of the Bears
that ended in the sixth in-
ning due to the 10-run rule.
"We’re going to foreign
territory tomorrow, enemy
territory," said Hill coaeii
David Denny. “We don’t
know anything about that
place. We were expected to
win this one and we did. It's
a big plus. I’ve won series
by winning the first one. and
I've lost series by winning
the first one. It’s always big
being at your home park.”
The Eagles took a 1-0
lead in the opening stanza
after combining a leadolT
triple from KaJeb Denny
with three walks off EC-M
starter James Swan.
Barbers Hill, put the con-
test out of reach to the tune
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of 9-0 in the second inning,
sending eight batters to the
plate before making a single
out, while taking advantage
of four walks, multiple Bear
miscues in both the infield
and outfield, and hits from
Christian Thames and Na-
than Oliphanl, all while
chasing the LC-M starter off
the mound.
“He (Swan) got wild,”
said Denny, “fie had a his-
tory of getting wild. I don't
know him enough to know
what happened. We’ve seen
them play three times. We
saw him throw a couple of
times.”
The top-ranked team in
4A then stretched the mar-
gin to 10-1 in the third fol-
lowing a groundout to third
by Thames that plated Den-
ny.
However, the fourth in-
ning found the Bears com-
ing out of their offensive
hibernation to trim the mar-
gin, after a pair of hits, a
walk, and two defensive er-
rors allowed them to crawl
back into the contest.
"For the last two or three
weeks we’ve been play-
ing this way,” said Denny.
“Our starter hasn’t gone
much more than three or
four innings, so it doesn’t
bother them. Going to the
bullpen doesn’t bother us.
We knew we were going to
score some more if we had
to. Once they pulled their
big guy (Swan) early, they
weren't going to throw any-
one very good at us, because
they were going to save ev-
erybody for tomorrow.”
The Eagles continued to
pile on the offense by scor-
ing in each of the final three
innings to bring the contest
to an early halt, setting the
stage for a trip to the LC-M
home diamond on Satur-
day with the Bears hoping
to down the state’s number
one squad, but Denny says
his squad doesn’t dwell on
their own ranking.
“We could be number 25
or number one and these
guys...it doesn’t bother
them,” said Denny. “We
don’t let it bother them.
We don’t talk about it. We
brought it up before, hut we
try to hit it from that point
that it means that they need
to get more swings in, a lit-
tle more running in, more
bullpen in, and just to work
a little harder.”
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