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Bowie baseball wins final home game 6-2
The Bowie Jackrabbits closed out district play and their final home game Tuesday night with a win against Henrietta.
The Jackrabbits won 6-2 after taking the lead in the second inning and never looking back.
Bowie employed the young Troy Kesey his fifth start on the mound a week after his season high 14 strike out outing against City View.
The Bearcats struck early, hitting three singles in the first inning and taking the lead 1-0. The Jackrabbit hitters tried to be aggressive in response with making contact. Kawlyer Swearingin and Logan Hutson got on bases thanks to fielding errors, but the other three batters balls that went right to Henrietta fielder’s made the plays.
Kesey bounced back after the first inning by retiring all three Bearcat batters in the second inning as Bowie’s defense made the routine outs.
With two outs and no one on base for the Jackrabbits, Jake Fallis started the two out rally by getting hit by a pitch. Edgar Regalado hit a single into the right field that allowed Fallis to advance to third base. An error on the throw into the infield allowed Regalado to reach second base.
Carson Sanders then came through with a line drive to center field that drove in both runners. He was able to advance to second base as Henrietta tried to throw home.
Devin Melton followed with a single to left field so Sanders could come in to score, making Bowie’s lead 3-1.
Melton would steal second and third base before the next batter flew out to end the second inning.
Kesey and the Jackrabbits defense again retired all three Bearcat batters with little trouble in the top of the third inning. Cade Thompson got on base first for Bowie by getting hit by a pitch with one out.
Colton Richey followed with a double. Kynan DeMoss’s pop fly was then dropped for an error to load the bases. Fallis was then hit by a pitch again to drive in one run as the Jackrabbits lead grew to 4-1.
Despite the opportunity for more runs with only one out, two strike outs followed to get Henrietta out of the jam.
A leadoff walk broke up the Bearcats drought of base runners. Fortunately, Kesey would strike out two of the next three batters while forcing the other to ground into a fielder’s choice out.
Bowie’s bats tried to keep the pressure on Henrietta’s defense despite only one real inning with multiple hits. Swearingin drew a walk with one out. Hutson laid down a sacrifice bunt to move him into scoring position and Thompson was then hit by another pitch.
Unfortunately, the next batter flew out to right field as they were left stranded on base.
The Bearcats leadoff hitter connected on his team’s first base hit since the first inning in the top of the fifth inning. A groundout advanced the runner to second base. A wild pitch then moved him to third.
A hit batter followed to put runners at the corners. A groundout to second base allowed one run to score as Henrietta cut the lead to 4-2. Kesey was able to retire the next batter for out three before more damage could be done.
DeMoss led off for Bowie and was able to get on base thanks to an error at third base. A wild pitch and a sacrifice bunt from Fallis moved him to third base. Regalado came through with a single to right field to drive in DeMoss.
Regalado then successfully stole second base and was allowed to advance to third base when the Bearcats tried to pick him off at second and committed an error.
Sanders followed by drawing a walk before Melton hit into a fielder’s choice at second base that allowed Regalado to score, upping Bowie’s lead to 6-2. A fly out followed for out three.
Despite Henrietta leading off with a drawn walk and a ground out advancing the runner into scoring position, the Jackrabbits got the remaining two outs with a fly out to left field and Kesey striking out his fourth batter of the game.
Only Thompson’s single with one out prevented Bowie from having no production with its bats in the sixth inning. The Jackrabbits four run lead would have to stay heading into the final inning.
A dropped third strike for strike out number five was saved with a throw to first. A walk followed as the Bearcats were not looking to role over so easy. The next batter hit into a game-ending double play though as Bowie won 6-2.
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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