Mustangs beat Shamrock in heated game

The Mustangs traveled to Shamrock yesterday to take on the Irish after their cancellation from Tuesday. It is quite obvious that the boys from each school do not like one another. Emotions ran high, added to by some questionable calls made by questionable umps. Manny Monteiro got things rolling by reaching on an error.Tyler Peden then got a base on balls. A put out from the pitcher got the first out of the game. That was quickly followed by out number two when Monteiro was thrown out at home. A strikeout retired the side. Austin Miller started on the mound for the Mustangs with Brady Baggett behind the plate. An error allowed the first batter to reach. The next batter hit a fly ball to right, that was caught by Monteiro. Monteiro then threw the ball to Seth Skarke at first to get the runner out for a double play. A. Miller finished it off with a strikeout. Tate Wilkerson started at the plate in the top of the second getting a single to left. Two pop ups got two outs, before Brandon Nichols hit a double down the right field line to score Wilkerson. Brady Miller hit a grounder to left for a single. On the next batters at bat, B. Miller stole second and when the catcher tried to throw him out, Nichols scored on a head's up play. A pop up sent the Mustangs back out to the field. A fly ball to right caught by Monteiro recorded the first out. The next batter hit to second, and Wilkerson made the throw to Skarke. The runner was clearly out, but a questionable call from the field ump allowed him to be safe. A. Miller followed with a strikeout for out number two. A walk allowed another batter to reach. An error trying to get the runner on third picked had the ball going into the outfield and a run scored. Another walk got a batter on, before A. Miller came through with a strikeout. Peden started the top of the third drawing a walk. Baggett grounded out for the sacrifice. A fly ball caught by the left fielder was out number two. On the catch, Peden tagged and went home. The left fielder made a heck of a throw to the catcher, who laid the tag on Peden at the plate. The catcher dropped the ball, but another questionable call by the ump had Peden out which retired the side. A. Miller came out firing getting a strikeout for out number one. A walk allowed a batter to reach before a single to left scored a run. Nichols made a great throw to Baggett but he couldn't come up with the ball. Tensions reached a breaking point when the runner ducked his shoulder into Baggett. A no call was made and the game went on. The next batter reached on ball four that went past Baggett and another run scored. Baggett came back and threw the runner on first out at second with a great throw to Peden. A. Miller finished the inning with a strikeout. The top of the fourth started with Wilkerson reaching on an error. Jeffrey Tyree took a base on balls to also reach. A fly out to left got the first out. Nichols hit a great shot to center for a single and scored Wilkerson. A strikeout got out number two. Monteiro came to the plate and ripped on to right center to score Tyree and Nichols. Peden hit a single to left to score Monteiro. A strikeout retired the side. A strikeout from A. Miller started the bottom of the fourth that was followed by line drive caught by Peden. An error allowed a batter to get on bases before a fly ball was caught by B. Miller to end the inning. A strikeout started the top of the fifth. Wilkerson then reached on an error by the third baseman. A great sacrifice bunt was put down by Tyree. A single to left center from Bradley Cornell scored Wilkerson. A put out from the short stop retired the side. Once again A. Miller started with a strikeout. A walk got a batter on, and single to left had runners at first and second. A short line drive was caught by A. Miller, who turned and threw it to Peden at second for double play. A put out was made for the first out of the top of the sixth. Monteiro hit a single to right to get on the bags. Peden took a hit by pitch to follow. Baggett hit a single to left that scored Monteiro. Baggett then sacrificed himself getting into a run down that took the Shamrock players attention away from Peden who also scored. A. Miller drew a walk to reach. After a pitching change, Wilkerson hit a single to left to score A. Miller. Jeremiah Hughes came in to run for Wilkerson. While Tyree was at the plate however, Hughes was picked off at third for out number three. Wilkerson took over on the mound in the bottom of the sixth. The first batter grounded out to A. Miller at first. A walk got the next batter on. Wilkerson came back with a strikeout. A single up the middle had one more reach before Wilkerson set them down with another strikeout. The Mustangs didn't do much in the top of the seventh going three up three down. Wilkerson started the bottom of the seventh off with a strikeout. A double got a runner on, and then Wilkerson got another strikeout. A hard hit ball hit back at Wilkerson bounced off his glove for another batter to reach. Wilkerson ended the game with a strikeout before Shamrock could make any sort of comeback. The Mustangs won 10-4. A. Miller pitched a good game throwing 7 strikeouts. Wilkerson also pitched well getting 5 strikeouts. The Mustangs did a decent job at the plate getting 10 hits. Getting a double for the Mustangs was Nichols. The Mustangs will next be in action Friday in Follett. Good luck guys!