The Bowie baseball team traveled to City View on Friday in a game that was about as competitive as if the two team’s mascots had actually gotten into a fight.
In the world of sports, the Jackrabbits beat the Mustangs 12-0 in five innings due to run rule.
Knowing from history Bowie would likely have the advantage in skill, the Jackrabbits were aggressive with their bats and on the base paths early.
A leadoff single from Evan Kennedy immediately put pressure on City View. Kennedy stole second base and advanced to third on a balk. Two batters later Payton Price hit a triple to right field as he traded places with Kennedy to score Bowie’s first run.
The hit was followed with a double from Cooper Little that drove in Price to make the score 2-0.
The Jackrabbits were maybe a little too aggressive early on. Two pitches in and a fly out to the Mustangs shortstop and Little getting caught trying to steal third base were the last two outs of the inning.
Defensively, Bowie was on point in the first game. Pitcher Parker Price did not have to work hard as City View hitters looked to make contact early in the count and ended up grounding out three straight times.
In the second inning, the Jackrabbits drew two walks in their first three at-bats to put runners at the corners. What followed was five straight hits that scored five runs.
Kash Stockard, Kennedy and Taylor Pigg hit back-to-back-to-back singles to score three runs. With runners at the corners, Bowie pulled off the sacrifice double steal as the runner got thrown out at second, but it allowed the runner on third to score.
Price came up and hit his second triple of the game. Just like the first inning, Little hit a double to drive him in again. Bowie led 7-0 before striking out for third out.
The Jackrabbits ran into some trouble on defense. The Mustangs leadoff batter was hit by a pitch. While Bowie was able to throw the runner out trying to steal second base, an error allowed the next batter to reach first. A drawn walk put two runners on base.
After a balk allowed both runners to advance into scoring position, Parker was able to strike out the next two batters to get out of the pickle.
The Jackrabbits did not slow down in the third inning. A leadoff walk from Weston Partridge quickly turned into a problem for City View. The Mustangs tried to pick him off at first, but an error allowed Partridge to reach second anyway. Ozzie Phillips then hit a single to put runners at the corners with no outs.
Boo Oakley then hit a triple into the gap that scored both runners. Stockard hit a fly ball to City View’s shortstop for an error that allowed Oakley to score. Throughout all the chaos of trying to prevent Oakley scoring, Stockard somehow made it to third.
A fly out and a ground out fielder’s choice where Stockard was thrown out at home, Bowie had only Pigg on base with two outs. After a wild pitch allowed Pigg to advance to second base, Price hit a single. A throwing error from the Mustangs allowed Price to reach second and Pigg to score. Little followed with a line drive single, but the next batter struck out looking for the third out as the Jackrabbits were up 11-0.
After retiring the first two batters, Bowie gave up a single and a walk. A wild pitch allowed both runners into scoring position. Thankfully, the Jackrabbits were able to pick off the runner at third base for the third out.
At this point Bowie was starting to sub out starters with a double digit lead. Logan Hutson led off with a double to left field. The next two batters could not advance him as a strike out and a shallow fly ball kept Hutson planted at second base.
During the next at bat, a passed ball and a wild pitch allowed Hutson to go from second to home plate to score and put the Jackrabbits up 12-0.
Stockard drew a walk, Jed Castles was able to reach first after an error at second base and Taylor Pigg hit an infield single when he beat out the throw to first to lead the bases.
The next batter lined out to left field for the third out. Parker was able to retire all three of the Mustangs batters to advance the game into the fifth inning.
Only a drawn walk and a hit batter were the only types of offense Bowie could muster with the game in hand as the Jackrabbits were held scoreless for the only time all game. Only fielding error allowed City View from going down cleanly in the bottom of the fifth. The Mustangs needed to score at least three runs to avoid being run ruled, but Parker was able to preserve the shut out as the he retired the final two batters to win 12-0.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.