Mustangs hang on to get first district win

The Mustangs took on the Booker Kiowas Friday, for their first district game of the season. Seth Skarke started on the mound with Brady Baggett behind the plate. Nerves got the best of the Mustangs in the first inning. A hit by pitch got the first batter on the bases. A single past first had runners at first and third. The runner on first went to steal second and on bad communication the throw down sailed into outfield scoring two. Skarke got a strikeout for the first out. Another error allowed another runner to reach before Skarke got another strikeout. The next batter hit a single, and with another Mustang error another run was scored. The next three batters got on with two hit by pitches and a walk, that allowed another Kiowa to cross the plate. A pop up caught by the Skarke retired the side. Manny Monteiro hit a single to left and with errors was able to cross the plate to get the Mustangs on the board. Tyler Peden hit a single past second base to reach before Baggett drew a walk. Austin Miller hit a single just over second base to load the bases. A strikeout got the first out. Jeffrey Tyree hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Peden. Bradley Cornell hit a single to left to score Baggett, before another strikeout ended the inning. The Mustangs settled down in the second, getting three up three down. It started off with a put out from Tate Wilkerson to A. Miller. A walk got the next batter on, but the runner tried to steal second and Baggett threw him out with a throw to Peden. Skarke got a strikeout for out number three. A pop up to the third baseman started the bottom of the second off. An error on the third baseman allowed Monteiro to get on. Peden then stepped to the plate and hit a hard ball to left center for a triple scoring Monteiro. Baggett then hit a single to left to score Peden. A. Miller then hit a single up the middle. A line drive caught by the short stop got the second out, but the runners were able to advance on an error on the short stop when he tried to pick A. Miller off after catching the ball. Tyree stepped up and hit a single to right, that with errors scored Baggett, A. Miller, and Tyree. A fly out to center ended the inning. The top of the third started off with a walk. A fielder's choice and a dropped throw allowed both runners to be safe. On the next batter, the runner on third got caught taking to big a lead and wound up in a pickle. To get him out the throw went from Skarke to Cornell to Baggett to Peden who laid the tag down for the out. Two Skarke strikeouts retired the side. Brandon Nichols started off the bottome of the third by reaching on an error. Skarke hit a single with errors to score Nichols. Monteiro hit a single to right to score Skarke. A strikeout got the Kiowas the first out. Baggett got on with a walk, before another strikeout got the second out. Wilkerson hit a single to right to score Monteiro. A fielder's choice hit by Tyree got Wilkerson out a second to end the inning. A walk in the top of the fourth got the first batter on the bases. The next batter had a big hit to right field for a two run in-the-park home run. Another Kiowa hit a single to right, before a hit by pitch allowed another batter to reach. Brady Miller then came to the mound to pitch. A walk loaded the bases, before a strikeout got the first out. A fielder's choice let Cornell get the force out a third, but the run home scored. B. Miller came back with a strikeout to end the inning. The Mustangs hit a bit of a wall in the next couple of innings. The Kiowas got three quick outs from put outs from the pitcher and third baseman, and a strikeout. B. Miller got a strikeout for the first out. A walk allowed a batter to reach. The next batter hit a ball that got just enough wind under it to carry it out over the fence for a two run home run. B. Miller fought back getting two strikeouts to send the Mustangs to the dug out. A pop up to the second baseman gave the Mustangs their first out. Peden took a hit by pitch to reach the bags, but he never got any further. A fly out to left and strikeout ended the inning. B. Miller started the top of the sixth off with a strikeout. A hit by pitch and a walk got two batters on the bases. A passed ball got the runners into scoring position. On a hit fielder's choice the runner on third went home and A. Miller made a head's up play to throw home to Baggett to get the out. The next batter hit a hard line drive that A. Miller snagged to retire the side. Wilkerson got a single to left to start the bottom of the sixth. A strikeout got the first out. Cornell hit a single to right center to score Wilkerson. A pop up to the pitcher got out number two, and then Cornell got picked at second from the pop up. The Mustangs needed three outs to end the game. A walk started of the top of seventh. On a fielder's choice Peden made the put out to Wilkerson. A single got another runner on before Booker's catcher hit a hard ball for a ground rule double that scored a run. Wilkerson then took over pitching. A pop up caught by Peden got out number two. A hit by pitch loaded the bases. Peden came through again catching a pop up to end the game. The Mustangs won 12-10. Skarke had 5 strikeouts on the day and B. Miller had 6. Hitting a triple for the Mustangs was Peden. The Mustangs will next be in action Tuesday, in Shamrock to take on the Fighting Irish. Good luck guys!!!