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Lady Rabbits lose
The Bowie Lady Rabbits let Friday’s district game against City View get away from them in the final two innings.
The Lady Mustangs scored 13 runs in the fourth and fifth inning to win 15-1 by run rule.
The Lady Rabbits were coming into the game after a long layoff, their last game played 10 days before. The time not only allowed the team to get healthy, like getting Kenzie Short back, but also allowed the team the time to practice as Coach Michael Dansby moved around some girl’s positions.
City View got on the board first. A hit batter with one out advanced to second base on a passed ball. With two outs she was driven home on a single to give the Lady Mustangs a 1-0 lead.
An error fielding the next ball put into play put runners at the corners, but pitcher Kaylie Kinney struck out the next batter to get out of the jam.
Bowie’s offense had no such luck putting anything together in response. The top of the lineup was sat down in order as the game advanced to the second inning.
A fielding error allowed the Lady Mustangs leadoff to get on base. A strike out and a ground out moved him into scoring position. A drawn walk put two runners on. A later passed ball allowed the lead runner to advance to third base, but Kinney induced a fly out to center field for the third out.
Bowie again had no luck getting any offense going as the next three batters sat down.
The Lady Mustangs led off the third inning with a deep shot into the outfield. Errors fielding the ball and on the throw back into the infield allowed the player to get all the way around to score, putting City View up 2-0.
The Lady Rabbits’ defense bounced back by getting the next two batters out, but that was followed by back-to-back singles as it looked like the Lady Mustangs might get a two out rally going. Fortunately, Kinney struck out the next batter before things got worse.
Stephanie Allen picked up Bowie’s first hit and base runner as she led off the bottom of the third inning with a single. She was allowed to advance to second due to defensive indifference. She would later steal third base and was in prime position to score.
Unfortunately, two strike outs followed her and a ground out that would have driven her home earlier was instead the third out.
The Lady Rabbits’ defense had gotten out of several jams in the first three innings, doing enough to prevent more than one run to score and forcing City View to leave several runners stranded in scoring position. That came back to bite them in the fourth inning.
Two walks, several critical errors in the outfield, one single and some passed balls allowed the Lady Mustangs to score five runs in the inning to extend their lead to 7-0.
Bowie hoped it could answer as Addie Farris got on base with a one out single. Unfortunately, she would later get caught stealing second base before a ground out ended the fourth inning.
Even with a pitching change, things only got worse for the Lady Rabbits on defense. Five fielding errors, four walks and two hits led to City View scoring eight runs in the inning, extending its lead to 15-0.
Bowie would need to score at least six runs to avoid getting run ruled. Layla Felts got a bit of hope for the team as she led off with a triple.
Madison Hartin followed and hit a ground ball to the pitcher. An error fielding the ball allowed not only Felts to score but Martin to reach first with still no outs. Hartin would later reach second due to an error at shortstop.
That would be the last of the good things for the Lady Rabbits. Hartin would get caught stealing third base. That was followed by a groundout and a strike out to end the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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