Argyle Eagles Baseball

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Iowa Park has scored a whopping 308 runs this season in 35 games and allowed only 61 runs against their schedule. These numbers show that the Hawks have a great defense and excellent pitching.....but also they can generate alot of runs offensively. When you look at Argyle's season totals of 337 runs scored against 95 allowed, you can easily see just how good Iowa Park's numbers really are. Argyle has played 39 games so far this season......so that's 8.6 runs per game average vs Iowa Park's 8.8 average. Obviously, Iowa Park's defense allowed much less on average than did Argyle's.......only 1.74 runs per game compared to Argyle's 2.44 runs per game.

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This should be a very good matchup between two of the best teams in Class 4A tonight in Texas. I'm certain all eyes will be on this game to see how Argyle responds in this one-gamer scenario. It appears by the numbers that Iowa Park is the real deal and could give Argyle all they want in this one game elimination format. Both teams will need to show up ready to play their best baseball......which means limiting mistakes and putting the bat on the ball to force the opponent's defense to make plays. It will be interesting to see how the calls go behind the plate as well......I hope the ump does not give strikes that are obviously not strikes. There is no reason to punish the batter in favor of the pitcher.....let's force the pitchers to throw strikes and see what happens.

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Still almost 4 hrs to gametime......looks like the weather is clearing out west in the Abilene area. They say that ACU field is very very nice.....turf, seats 4000, great locker rooms, and an overall great facility to play games in. It's 334 down the lines, 380 in the power alleys, and 400 in centerfield.

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RF Hayden Clearman of Argyle will be playing all his home games in this park next season for the ACU Wildcats. They played in this park last week for 2 games against Canyon in the semifinal round......Argyle won those games 9-0 and 19-0. So I guess you can say Argyle kinda likes this park, Huh?

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You can listen live to this game on Sportsgram.net Channel 9. The broadcast should start shortly......the game starts at 8 pm. I'll be giving the updates on this thread.

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Kenny Arthur and Mitch Cullen will have the call in the Argyle booth.

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Playing the National Anthem now......

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Region 1 Finals in Class 4A......Iowa Park pitcher is 13-1 on the mound and has a .84 ERA for the season. Looks like IP is the home team tonight. He's a senior RHP.

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Chad Ricker gets the start for Argyle 10-0.....an ERA of .104

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Preston King for Argyle leads off with a single on an 0-2 count and threw a strike to King.....and of course he hit it. Dillon Carter up now.

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Pass ball in the dirt gets away from the catcher and King moves to 2nd base.

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Carter bats from the left side.....another ball in the dirt but the runner holds. 3-0 to Carter now. Ball 4 a little outside. Carter walks. Now Brenden Sunshine Dixon is up.

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74 degrees and the sun shining in Abilene now. Runners on 1st and 2nd....1-1 to Dixon.

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Called strike on that breaking ball.....he swings and misses and Dixon goes down. Big out for the IP pitcher on that one. Now a double play is in order. Ricker batting from the left side.....breaking ball outside.

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Called strike outside corner.....Ricker let it go. Another called strike outside.....staying outside to Ricker. Line shot to third base is caught for a 2nd out.