Old Cardinal
05-29-2009, 11:21 AM
Boy, These are good teams peaking at the right time. This was the best two sets of 3A outfielders I have ever seen.
SH finally won this first game 8-7 in the 10 inning a 11:30 pm.
Here is a copy/paste writeup~~~~~~~
LUFKIN — If you weren’t in Lufkin Thursday night, you missed a good one.
The Bridge City Cardinals and Spring Hill Panthers went at each other for 10 innings and for three hours before the Panthers threw the last blow.
The Panthers got two singles in the bottom of the 10th before a Bridge City error gave Spring Hill a 8-7 win in Game 1 of the Class 3A Region III Regional Semi-Finals at Lufkin Hudson High School. Game 2, which was originally to be played at Angelina Junior College, is now at 2 p.m. back at Hudson. Game 3, if necessary, will shortly follow Game 2.
The Cardinals could have folded their tent and went home early in the game after the Panthers took a 3-0 lead into the top of the third.
Joe Robertson scored the Cardinals’ first run when Blake Hubbard ripped a RBI double to left after Robertson singled to start the inning.
Hubbard and Luke Rhodes, who had walked, came in to tie the game two batters later when Caleb Kellogg stroked a two-run single to make it 3-3.
The tie game seemed to give Bridge City starter Matt Hicks a reason to start mowing Panthers down and keep the Cardinals in the game.
Hicks would sit down nine of the next 10 batters he faced.
The Cardinals offense remained silent to until the top of the sixth when Robertson led off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Hicks, who struck out 10 batters on the hill with one walk.
Rhodes then collected another single and both runners advanced when Hubbard walked.
Kellogg then struck again with two outs with a two-RBI double to left to plate Robertson and Rhodes to make it 5-3 Cardinals.
Eric Matthews made sure the Cardinals were not done with a two-RBI single to center to score Hubbard and Kellogg making it 7-3.
The four-run difference is usually enough for Hicks, who went all 10 innings, and the Cardinals but the Panthers proved they carry a heavy stick all night and never quit.
Four Panthers scored in the bottom of the sixth with Tyler Johnson striking first with a RBI single to right to score Miles Peloquin.
Nico Moran and Johnson each came in to score when Jake Fudge ripped a two-run triple to left to make it 7-7.
The Panthers then went for the kill, bringing in starting ace Garrett Methvin to start the top of the seventh.
Methvin made quick work of the Cardinals in the top of the seventh but might have stayed in a little longer than planned. Methvin pitched three innings for the Panthers and threw 53 pitches to get the victory.
Once again Hicks went to work in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings by sitting down nine of 10 batters.
The Cardinals had six baserunners in the extra innings and then could not find a way to get the run home.
A failed squeeze bunt in the top of the eighth gave Bridge City two outs before Methvin collected a strike out to end the inning.
The Cardinals put a runner on second with two outs in the top of the ninth but yet again Methvin found his groove and struck out Rhodes for the final out of the inning.
Bridge City had two baserunners in top of the 10th but one got caught stealing and another was stranded.
The Panthers threw out Cardinals’ baserunners at home three times in the game, including the squeeze play.
Spring Hill scored twice in the bottom of the first as Peloquin and a RBI double and Brandon Arden hit a RBI sacrifice fly to score Methvin to make it 2-0.
Fudge, who started the game for the Panthers, scored in the bottom of the second after hitting a one-out double. Fudge scored when Dylan Brown reached on a fielder’s choice.
SH finally won this first game 8-7 in the 10 inning a 11:30 pm.
Here is a copy/paste writeup~~~~~~~
LUFKIN — If you weren’t in Lufkin Thursday night, you missed a good one.
The Bridge City Cardinals and Spring Hill Panthers went at each other for 10 innings and for three hours before the Panthers threw the last blow.
The Panthers got two singles in the bottom of the 10th before a Bridge City error gave Spring Hill a 8-7 win in Game 1 of the Class 3A Region III Regional Semi-Finals at Lufkin Hudson High School. Game 2, which was originally to be played at Angelina Junior College, is now at 2 p.m. back at Hudson. Game 3, if necessary, will shortly follow Game 2.
The Cardinals could have folded their tent and went home early in the game after the Panthers took a 3-0 lead into the top of the third.
Joe Robertson scored the Cardinals’ first run when Blake Hubbard ripped a RBI double to left after Robertson singled to start the inning.
Hubbard and Luke Rhodes, who had walked, came in to tie the game two batters later when Caleb Kellogg stroked a two-run single to make it 3-3.
The tie game seemed to give Bridge City starter Matt Hicks a reason to start mowing Panthers down and keep the Cardinals in the game.
Hicks would sit down nine of the next 10 batters he faced.
The Cardinals offense remained silent to until the top of the sixth when Robertson led off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Hicks, who struck out 10 batters on the hill with one walk.
Rhodes then collected another single and both runners advanced when Hubbard walked.
Kellogg then struck again with two outs with a two-RBI double to left to plate Robertson and Rhodes to make it 5-3 Cardinals.
Eric Matthews made sure the Cardinals were not done with a two-RBI single to center to score Hubbard and Kellogg making it 7-3.
The four-run difference is usually enough for Hicks, who went all 10 innings, and the Cardinals but the Panthers proved they carry a heavy stick all night and never quit.
Four Panthers scored in the bottom of the sixth with Tyler Johnson striking first with a RBI single to right to score Miles Peloquin.
Nico Moran and Johnson each came in to score when Jake Fudge ripped a two-run triple to left to make it 7-7.
The Panthers then went for the kill, bringing in starting ace Garrett Methvin to start the top of the seventh.
Methvin made quick work of the Cardinals in the top of the seventh but might have stayed in a little longer than planned. Methvin pitched three innings for the Panthers and threw 53 pitches to get the victory.
Once again Hicks went to work in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings by sitting down nine of 10 batters.
The Cardinals had six baserunners in the extra innings and then could not find a way to get the run home.
A failed squeeze bunt in the top of the eighth gave Bridge City two outs before Methvin collected a strike out to end the inning.
The Cardinals put a runner on second with two outs in the top of the ninth but yet again Methvin found his groove and struck out Rhodes for the final out of the inning.
Bridge City had two baserunners in top of the 10th but one got caught stealing and another was stranded.
The Panthers threw out Cardinals’ baserunners at home three times in the game, including the squeeze play.
Spring Hill scored twice in the bottom of the first as Peloquin and a RBI double and Brandon Arden hit a RBI sacrifice fly to score Methvin to make it 2-0.
Fudge, who started the game for the Panthers, scored in the bottom of the second after hitting a one-out double. Fudge scored when Dylan Brown reached on a fielder’s choice.