BUCS TAKE CREEK TO THE LIMIT IN GAME ONE OF SERIES

7TH-INNING RALLY NOT ENOUGH IN 8-7 LOSS

 

bwoodbaseball.com- Hector Uranga on mound at Clear Creek for Bwood 3/23/15

 

Posted Tuesday March 24, 2015

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League City- The Bucs entered the matchup against old rival Clear Creek as a consensus underdog according to local pundits and sportswriters. Creek was the #13 area ranked team, and the Bucs were #16. Anytime you put these two teams together though, anything can happen. This game was the rescheduled rainout game from Saturday.

 

Creek Pitcher Landon Etzel and Harrison Hill turned out to be a thorn in the Bucs side for the night, scoring 7 of Creek's 8 runs, effectively becoming a two-man show for Creek.

 

Creek scored in the bottom of the first behind Etzel and Hill RBIs. In the top of the second innning, Dustin Lacaze led off with a base hit to center field. Jared Damian grounded out but advanced Lacaze. Garrett Reed smashed a double which scored Lacaze and made the score 2-1, Creek after 2 innings.

 

The Bucs had a big top of the third inning. Brenner Bundick nailed a laser shot to the third baseman who bobbled the ball, allowing Bundick to get on base. Anthony Dahl then got hit by a pitch. Brayden Kopycinski hit to the pitcher who threw to his second baseman who wasn't touching the bag, allowing the Bucs to load up the bases. Lacaze got on base after a hard hit ground ball to the Creek second baseman got bobbled again, allowing Lacaze to get on base, while scoring Bundick. Dahl then scored on a passed ball. Lacaze scored on a Damian basehit. Bwood went up 4-2 going into the bottom of the third inning.

 

Creek went back up 5-4, scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the third behind an Etzel triple, and Hill RBI.

 

The Bucs tied it up in the top of the fourth. Reed drew a walk. Landon Cooper hit an RBI single over the second baseman's head, scoring Reed. Creek 5- Bwood- 5. Etzel was relieved of pitching duties for Sean McClean.

 

The bottom of the fourth saw Creek move ahead 8-5, behind a Satchel McElroy RBI and 2 more RBIs by Etzel.

 

The Bucs made it 8-6 in the top of the 6th inning behind another huge Reed double which scored Deryk Serbantez. The Bucs held Creek scoreless going into the seventh inning.

 

The Bucs added another run in the top of the 7th inning, behind a Dahl double and bases loaded. Creek relieved McClean and put in ace Aron Solis, as the Bucs mounted a furious comeback.

 

Creek held off the furious 7th inning rally by the Bucs to dodge a comeback and escaped with an 8-7 win in the first game of the District 24-6A series.

 

Kolin Wade was the starting pitcher, Buck Alexander and Hector Uranga also saw action.

 

The 9-5 Bucs have a chance to get right back into the heart of the 24-6A race against Dickinson Tuesday night at Wilson Field.

 

WP- McClean