Sinton vs Devine Game 1

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Devine goes quietly in top of 1st

going to bot 1st no score

Josh Rodriguez K's 2

[SintonFan_inAustin]

SINTON STRANDS A RUNNER but score a run on sac fly

After 1
Sinton 1 Devine 0

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Going bot 2nd

Sinton 1 -0 Devine goes 3 and out in top of 2nd

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Pirates strand runners on corners

After 2

Sinton 1-0

[DDBooger]

moody 2 Hays 1 bottom of the 4th

[Bull Butter]

Go Sinton!
Go Moody!

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Devine with runners on corners and no outs top of 3rd

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by SintonFan_inAustin
Devine with runners on corners and no outs top of 3rd
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Get those outs Pirates!!!:clap: :) :clap:

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Devine has score both runners and have runner at 2nd

next batter infield hit runners on corner

Devine 2 Sinton 1 top of 3rd

[SintonFan_inAustin]

3 outs

going bot 3rd

Devine 2 Sinton 1

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Pirates strand a runner at 2nd

After 3

Devine 2 Sinton 1

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Devine with runner at 3rd and 2 outs top of 4th with Devine up 2-1

Moody 2 Hayes 1 bot 4th

[Bull Butter]

Moody-Hays now going to the bottom of 6th with the Trojans still up 2-1

[SintonFan_inAustin]

strikeout ends top of 4th

going bot 4th

Devine 2-1

[DDBooger]

bottom of 6th
moody 2
hays 1

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Pirates strand a runner

after 4

Devine 2 Sinton 1

[SintonFan]

COME ON PIRATES!!!
RALLY AND WIN THIS GAME!!! :) :clap: :)

[SintonFan_inAustin]

GREAT diving stop by 2nd baseman to end top of 5th with runners on corners

going to bot 5th Pirates down by a run 2-1

Pirates been flying out most of game

[DDBooger]

moody wins 2-1

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Pirates have dunlap at 3rd no outs bot 5th

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Stikeout but passball and runner safe at 1st and runner at stayed

runners on corners no outs bot 5th

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Congratulations Moody Trojans


Deep flyout to centerfield scores a run with runner at 1st and 1 out

bot 5th

Sinton 2 Devine 2

[SintonFan_inAustin]

3rd baseman boots ball and safe at 1st

runners 1st and 2nd 1 out

andres doubles down 3rd baseline

1 run scores runners 2nd and 3rd and 1 out

bot 5th

SINTON PIRATES 3 Devine 2

[SintonFan_inAustin]

GOUNDER to pitcher throw home throwaway both runners score and runner at 2nd now

bot 5th Sinton 5-2 7 errors by Devine now

[SintonFan_inAustin]

back to back popups ends the bot 5th

After 5 innings

Sinton Pirates 5 Devine Warhorses 2

[SintonFan_inAustin]

LEADOFF triple scores on a passball with 1 out in top of 6th

Sinton 5 Devine 3

[Phantom Stang]

Go Pirates!!

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Devine with runners 1st and 2nd 2 outs top of 6th

Sinton up 5-3

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Strikeout ends top of 6th

going bot 6th

Sinton 5 Devine 3

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Deep drive to centerfield ends the bot 6th

Pirates just missing on some big hits

Going to top of 7th

Sinton 5 Devine 3

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Leadoff walk for Devine in top of 7th

[SintonFan_inAustin]

IT has started to rain some light rain

Strikeout 1 out

[SintonFan_inAustin]

grounder to pitcher out at 1st and runner at 2nd

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Strikeout ends the game

Final

Sinton 5 Devine 3

[Phantom Stang]

Originally posted by SintonFan_inAustin
Strikeout ends the game

Final

Sinton 5 Devine 3
:clap: :clap: :clap:

[bccards]

Congrats Sinton! Rep Region 4!

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Great win Pirates, one more win on Saturday :)

[GWOOD]

Great job, once again, SintonFan_inAustin. I sure appreciate the updates.:clap:

[SintonFan]

Good job Pirates!!!
Let's get another WIN!!!:clap: :cool: :clap:
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Thanks for the updates SFiA.:)
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lol @ bccards
We're hoping but there is alot of baseball left before that is possible.:nerd: :p

[pirate4state]

It was so weird watching a baseball game. This was my first game in a really, really long time. Nice job Pirates! Finish it on Saturday!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Originally posted by pirate4state
It was so weird watching a baseball game. This was my first game in a really, really long time. Nice job Pirates! Finish it on Saturday!! :clap: :clap: :clap: same for me on the Softball games but they were just as good to watch but faster pace games.

[Vrabird]

Was it just me, or did Sinton really look sloppy on defense?? More errrors than I seen them make all year.

[gobbler grad]

good job Pirates...:clap:

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Originally posted by Vrabird
Was it just me, or did Sinton really look sloppy on defense?? More errrors than I seen them make all year. it only showed them making 2 errors but there was several plays that should have been errors.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Vrabird
Was it just me, or did Sinton really look sloppy on defense?? More errrors than I seen them make all year. no, it wasn't you - that was a very sloppy game by BOTH teams and I agree SFIA - there were several plays that could be counted as errors - the biggest kind - MENTAL! :doh:

They'll bounce back in game 2!!!

GOOD LUCK PIRATES!!!

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Originally posted by pirate4state
no, it wasn't you - that was a very sloppy game by BOTH teams and I agree SFIA - there were several plays that could be counted as errors - the biggest kind - MENTAL! :doh:

They'll bounce back in game 2!!!

GOOD LUCK PIRATES!!!

Sinton comes away with win
In sloppy contest, Pirates score all 7 runs on errors

By Lee Goddard


To err is human and, Thursday night, it definitely was Devine.

The Warhorses put a twist on Alexander Pope's old maxim in the opening game of the Class 3A baseball regional semifinals. Devine committed seven errors, leading to all five Sinton runs. That helped the Pirates claim a 5-3 victory at Calallen High.

The Warhorses will get one more chance to clean up their act as the best-of-three series will resume with Game 2 at 3 p.m. Saturday at the San Antonio ISD Sports Complex. A third game, if necessary, will follow.

Sinton (26-5-1) gained the edge because, while the Pirates had their lapses in the field, they were nowhere close to the self-inflicted damage Devine (21-11) did to itself, as six different Warhorses were charged with errors.

"It was just ugly baseball," Sinton coach Gene Kasprzyk said. "We didn't execute well. They really didn't make plays either. Not the caliber of baseball you would expect at this level at this time of the season. But, we'll take a win at this stage."

That free support helped Pirates starter Josh Rodriguez (9-2), who tossed a complete game. While he gave up seven hits, Rodriguez struck out nine and, unlike Devine, got the timely out when needed.

Michael Nicholson, the Warhorses starter, didn't make it out of the fifth, through no fault of his own. He entered with a 2-1 lead and, by the time the inning was done, he was out of the game, trailing 5-2 with no earned runs surrendered for the contest.

"You're not going to win a ballgame with seven errors," Devine coach George Villa said. "I thought our pitchers pitched well and did what they were supposed to do. We got ground balls when we needed to. We got fly balls when we needed to. We just didn't make the plays.

"In baseball, once the floodgates open, it's hard to shut down. The sad thing is, we had seven errors, but we were still in the ballgame."

Sinton's Robert Dunlap twice had singles -- in the first and fifth innings -- and twice was able to get extra bases due to Devine miscues. That led to two runs from Dunlap, with him scoring both times on sacrifice flies.

The Pirates managed six hits, but the errors compounded the pressure Sinton was able to put on the Warhorses' defense. And, with free bases, the Pirates had a few solid at-bats, with a pair of sacrifice flies, and an RBI single from Andres Alaniz driving in runs for a 3-2 lead.

Devine then added another assist as, with one out and runners at second and third, Joseph Alaniz's dribbler back to the mound was fielded by reliever Ross Shoemake, who fired wildly to home. That scored two more runs, giving Sinton a 5-2 lead.

Sinton 5, devine 3

Devine 002 001 x--3 7 7

Sinton 100 040 x--5 6 2

Josh Rodriguez and Justin Moreno. Michael Nicholson, Ross Shoemake (5) and Josh Weber. W Rodriguez. L Nicholson. 3B Ben Dossey (D).

Contact Lee Goddard at 886-3613 or goddardlcaller.com