The Bowie Jackrabbits baseball team won a decisive game at Henrietta on Friday as they continued to play good baseball with a playoff berth already guaranteed.
The Jackrabbits won 5-1 in a game they led for most of the way after the second inning.
Evan Kennedy led off for Bowie with a drawn walk. After stealing second base, Kennedy was thrown out at third. It was unfortunate because Payton Price then hit a ground ball single into the outfield. The next batter grounded out for the third out.
The leadoff got on base with a single for the Bearcats. After stealing second base, a wild pitch allowed the runner to advance to third base. A ground out to first base allowed the runner to score to give Henrietta a 1-0 lead after the first inning.
The Jackrabbits did not take long to respond. Braden Armstrong led off with a single. Weston Partridge then came up to knock a double to left field. It was enough for Armstrong to score from first to tie up the score.
Ozzie Phillip then laid down a bunt, but the pitcher was too slow to field it and both Bowie runners were safe at the corners with no outs.
Phillips stole second base, but Henrietta tried the throw him out. The second basemen could not gather the throw, allowing both Phillips and the pinch runner on third base Camden Starnes to score. The Jackrabbits led 3-1.
Bowie’s pitcher Price started to get going in the second inning as he struck out the side to move the game into the third inning.
Taylor Pigg drew a walk to lead off for the Jackrabbits. He stole both second and third bases. After a ground out at first base, an error at third base trying to keep Pigg from scoring allowed him to advance home. The run extended Bowie’s lead to 4-1. Price did not allow a base runner for the second straight inning as he struck out two of the three batters.
The fourth inning did not see much offense from the Jackrabbits. A fly out to center field, a ground out to second base and a strike out prevented Bowie from getting any base runners on for the first time in the game.
The Bearcats hit a one out double to right field in just their second hit of the game and the first in last three innings. A ground out moved the runner to third base, but that is where he stayed as Price struck out his seventh batter of the game.
The fifth inning saw Kash Stockard lead off with a drawn walk. A ground out somehow saw Stockard advance all the third base. Next batter Pigg then grounded out to the shortstop, but not before Stockard scored to bump the Jackrabbit’s lead up 5-1.
Henrietta’s leadoff batter hit a single to get on base. A sacrifice bunt moved him to second base, but two fly outs left him stranded there as the game moved to the sixth inning.
Besides Partridge drawing a walk with one out, the Jackrabbits did not get much going with their bats. The pinch runner for Partridge was thrown out trying to steal second base for the third out.
The Bearcats leadoff man drew a walk to get on base. Bowie neutralized this by turning a double play with the next batter. A single to center field followed, but Price forced a pop fly for the third out.
The seventh inning was more of the same. Kennedy hit a two out double to center field, but it went nowhere. Price hit two batters in the final inning, but made up for it with two strikeouts and a pop up to get the complete game win. Bowie won 5-1.