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Indians win in extra innings on walk-off
The Nocona baseball team picked up a dramatic win against Henrietta at home on Friday in extra innings.
The Indians won on a walk-off RBI from Vinit Patel in the ninth inning to win 10-9 for Nocona’s second district win of the season.
The game did not start off well for the Indians. The Bearcats scored four runs in the first inning thanks to three hits, a walk, a fielding error and a passed ball.
The Indians could not respond and the teams exchanged a scoreless second inning before the Henrietta scored one run in the third inning to buff its lead to 5-0.
Nocona answered that run as Patel led off with a single. An error allowed him to reach second base. Trey Pepper’s hit to the shortstop produced another error that allowed Patel to reach third base and Pepper second base.
Kooper Hansard then grounded out to the shortstop, but it drove in Patel to cut the lead to 5-1. The Indians would load the bases with drawn walks from Ty Presley and Wesley Murphy, but the next batter flew out to center field for the third out.
The Bearcats were able to load the bases up with two hit batters and one drawn walk in the fourth inning. A passed ball allowed two runs to score as Henrietta added to its lead 7-1.
The Bearcats added two more runs in the fifth inning on another passed ball and a fielding error at first base. Henrietta led 9-1 and was in control of the game.
Nocona was able to cut into that lead a bit. Presley would rive in two runs with a single in the same inning to make the score 9-3 heading into the sixth inning.
Despite Henrietta getting two runners on base to lead off the inning, pitcher Hansard struck out two of the next three batters and forced a ground out to prevent the Bearcats from adding to their lead.
This allowed the Indians to have a huge inning with their bats. Colton Russell led off with a single. Miguel Olivares laid down a bunt that produced an error that allowed Russell to score and Olivares to reach second base.
Johnny Stone and Patel followed by drawing two walks to load the bases with no outs. A passed ball allowed Olivares to score. Trey Pepper drew another walk that loaded the bases. Another passed ball allowed Stone to score. With two outs Pepper scored on another passed ball, the third one this inning as it cleared the bases.
Presley was able to get on base thanks to an error in the outfield. He would then steal second base before Murphey drove him in with a double. It was the sixth run of the inning and it tied the score at 9-9.
Russell hit a groundball to the shortstop and another error allowed him to get on base and Murphey on third base. Russell then stole second base as Nocona had two runners in scoring position ready to take the lead. Unfortunately the next batter grounded out to end the inning.
The two teams exchanged scoreless seventh and eighth innings. The Indians had the best chance to win in the seventh inning, loading the bases with one out. Unfortunately, two pop outs followed to end that chance and extend the game.
Stone led off the ninth inning with a single for Nocona. He would then steal second bases to put himself into scoring position. The next pitch Patel hit a line drive into right field that allowed Stone to score, ending the game with the Indians winning 10-9.
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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