The Bowie Jackrabbits picked up a big district win at Breckenridge before losing a non-district game against an Oklahoma team, Marlow, the next day.
The Jackrabbits won 8-2 against the Buckaroos on Friday to secure at least a third place finish in the district standings. The next day Bowie lost on the road to the Outlaws 7-2.
Bowie came into Friday’s game needing to win against Breckenridge. The Bucks were one game back after losing to the Jackrabbits the first time around in a close 5-3 game.
As always, the two hour commute could always cause some sort of issues for visiting teams as well as vice-versa. Bowie’s recent close losses to Jacksboro and Holliday also meant close games had not recently gone the Jackrabbits’ way.
Thankfully, Friday’s game did not prove to be that close.
Bowie opened the game by scoring four runs in the first inning. Kynan DeMoss hit a fly ball to left field that induced an error that allowed two runs to score. Cade Thompson would then drive in a run on a single and Colton Richey would score on the base paths thanks to an error from the catcher.
Bowie led 4-0 and Breckenridge never recovered.
The Bucks did score in the second inning on a sacrifice fly ball. The Jackrabbits got the run back in the third inning with Richey driving in a run on a sacrifice fly. Breckenridge drove in a run later in the inning on a fielder’s choice groundball to cut the lead to 5-2 after three innings.
Bowie extended its lead in the fourth inning. Kawlyer Swearingin’s fly ball to left field induced an error that allowed one run to score. He was then driven in by Carson Sanders on a groundout to make the score 7-2.
The Jackrabbits added one more run in the seventh inning as Zach Gilmore scored on a wild pitch to make the final score 8-2.
Bowie took advantage of the seven fielding errors from the Bucks that led to only of its runs being earned. Thompson, Sanders and Richey each drove in one run each to lead the team.
Swearingin got the start on the mound and pitched 2.1 innings while giving up two runs (one earned) on one hit, four walks and striking out three. Thompson came in and pitched 4.1 innings and gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out three.

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