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Bowie softball loses on road
The Bowie Lady Rabbits traveled to Holliday on Tuesday to take on one of the district’s top teams early in the season.
Despite limiting the damage done by the explosive Lady Eagles in two innings, the Lady Rabbits’ offense struggled to threaten as Holliday won 5-1.
Early in the first inning, Bowie challenged the Lady Eagles fielding by trying to lay bunts down for hits. Both times, Holliday fielders were ready and threw runners out at first base.
On the flip side, the Lady Eagles leadoff hitter singled to left field to immediately threaten the Lady Rabbits defense. After forcing a pop out to second base, a hit batter put two runners on base.
A wild pitch and a passed ball while facing the next batter allowed the leadoff runner to score and the hit batter to reach third base. After pop up for the second out, an error by the catcher allowed the second run to score to give Holliday a 2-0 lead.
Bowie was able to get its first runner on base as little Season Eudey was hit by a pitch. Next batter Gracie Bentley hit a line drive to first base, who mishandled the ball for an error and allowed Bentley to reach safely.
Unfortunately, the Lady Rabbits failed to capitalize. A strike out and two ground outs put an end to the scoring chance for Bowie.
Things started off promising for the Lady Eagles and disasterous for Bowie. A leadoff walk and a fielding error at first base put two runners at third and second base with no outs.
Luckily, pitcher Bailey Grant was able to force two straight line drives right to second basemen Eudey before a pop fly center field to get out of the inning without any runs scored.
After two strike outs started the third inning off badly for Bowie, Chelsey Ketchum was able to beat out an infield hit for the Lady Rabbits first base hit. Ketchum was able to steal second base and advance to third after a bad throw.
Davis then drew a walk before Eudey was hit by another pitch to load the bases. Bentley hit a ground ball to third base who committed an error that allowed Ketchum to score and Bentley to reach base safely. Holliday’s third basemen made the play against the next Bowie batter for the third out, but not before the lead was cut to 2-1.
Things looked like they were swinging the Lady Rabbits way as Grant and the defense sat down the Lady Eagles in order as the game moved to the fourth inning.
Unfortunately, they were not able to transfer any of that momentum the next time they were at bat. Bowie failed to get anyone on base as Holliday’s pitcher Marshal Gillitt continued to give batters fits.
The Lady Eagles were able to gain some momentum in the bottom of the fourth inning with another successful leadoff batter, this time hitting a double. An infield single put runners at the corners with no outs.
The next batter hit a single to right field that scored one of the runners. A ground out to the short stop scored the other.
Two batters later another run was scored due to an error by the catcher to make the score 5-1 before the Lady Rabbits could force the third and final out.
The fifth inning was not much better for Bowie’s offense as no base runners got on. With one out, Holliday had two singles and a walk that loaded the bases. Fortunately, the Lady Rabbits pulled an inning ending double play with a pop out to first base before throwing out a runner trying to advance home.
Eudey led off the sixth inning with a single, Bowie’s first base runner in three innings. Bentley grounded into a fielder’s choice and took her place.
She was able to steal second and advance to third due to a throwing error, but the Lady Rabbits struck out and flew out to center field to end the scoring chance.
Grant struggled a bit with control. She walked two different batters on four straight pitches, but luckily was able to retire the other three batters to halt the Lady Eagles offense.
Bowie had one more chance to try and come back in the final inning. Needing to score four runs or more, the Lady Rabbits again were stymied by the Lady Eagles as they failed to earn a base runner. Holliday won 5-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.
Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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