Sparks is chased from the mound as a pitching change is being made by Canyon. 8-0 now with one out and 2 runners on base in the bottom of the 5th.
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Sparks is chased from the mound as a pitching change is being made by Canyon. 8-0 now with one out and 2 runners on base in the bottom of the 5th.
Jace Venhaus on the mound now for Canyon. Runners at the corners with one out and Preston King up. Hit to the 2nd baseman and he gets one out at 2nd, but the throw advances King to 2nd as the runner scores from 3rd. 9-0 now for Argyle with 2 outs and a runner on 2nd. Dillon Carter up now.
Fly ball to RF and not deep enough as he makes the catch for the 3rd out. 4 runs on 5 hits and one stranded in that inning for Argyle.
Argyle 9
Canyon 0
End of 5th
Nico Patrick checks in at catcher for King.....who sustained a wrist injury in that last at bat. Ricker still on the mound to the top of the Canyon order to start this 6th inning. Full count now......pop fly toward 3rd base to Merka for the 1st out.
Cash Hamby(SS for Canyon) has walked twice in this game.....full count now by Ricker. Tapper to first base and Van Poppel gets an easy put out for 2 outs now.
Clay Arthro up now......had a blooper to Ricker just off the mound last time and walked his first time up. 2-2 count now......high. Full count to Arthro. Swing and miss on that fast ball......couldn't catch up to it. 3 up 3 down in that at bat for Canyon. Now we move to the bottom of the 6th and Argyle needing one run to run rule this game.
Brenden Sunshine Dixon leads off for Argyle in the 6th here. He's a UT commit at SS for Argyle.
All 9 hits for Argyle have been singles in this game.....3-0 to Sunshine now......called strike at the knees now by Venhaus. Ground ball past 3rd but called foul. It was hit hard, too.
Slow breaking pitch breaks inside for a called strike 3 to Dixon. He looks at it and smiles as he walks back to the bench. Really a great off speed pitch to Brenden.
Ricker back up now......2-2 count. Full count on that outside breaking ball. Line shot down the left field line foul. Ball four to Ricker as he walks 3 times and his 4th time on first base tonight. Now Clearman up with one out.
Check throw to first base as Ricker gets back. Foul back out of play on the 3rd base side. 1-2 on Clearman now. Ground ball between 1st and 2nd baseman.....nice play as the 1st baseman goes in the hole and makes a nice throw to Venhaus covering first. But foot off the bag and Clearman is safe. Runners on 1st and 2nd and one out. Nico Patrick gets a chance at bat now. His batting avg. is .360 on the season.
checked swing is called a strike......2-1 now. Slow breaking pitch to the outside corner is called strike.....2-2. Nico waits on the slow breaker and misses for strike 3. Two outs now on Argyle with runners in scoring position. Gonzo up now.
Ground ball to SS and he gets the force at 2nd for the final out. One hit and 2 stranded for Argyle.
Argyle 9
Canyon 0
End of 6
Canyon has this last at bat to tie it up and send it to the bottom of the 7th. 3 outs left for Ricker for the no-hitter.
Ricker reaches his pitch-count at 102 pitches per UIL rules. Frank Russell will come on to try to save the no-hitter for Ricker.