Wildcats gun down Creekview for win
by Staff Report
Mar 30, 2011 | 469 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Woodland gunned down two baserunners trying to take bases on a dropped third strike in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Creekview 5-4 Tuesday night.

After the ball was dropped, the Wildcats' catcher fired the ball to first baseman Josh Day to nail the first runner. Day then fired a low ball to third baseman Brack Bagwell, who scooped it out of the dirt and put the tag on the incoming runner to end the game.

Woodland had led most of the contest, jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first two innings. Creekview answered with runs in the bottom of the second and third, to close to 3-2.

Woodland got an insurance run in the top of the fourth when Day reached on a single, advanced to second on a Brandon Hardin bunt single, then tallied Woodland's fourth run on a passed ball, to put his team up 4-2.

Creekview scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to knot the game at 4-all.

Woodland answered in the top of the seventh when Jacob Moore tripled with two out and then crossed home plate on a single by Robert Harris.

Creekview (7-6, 5-2 in Region 7-AAAA) tried to respond in the bottom of the frame but the game ended when its runner was gunned down by Day at third.

Harris went seven innings for Woodland, recording six strikeouts and giving up four earned runs.

Offensively the Wildcats were led by Cody Baxter, 2 for 3 with a walk; Jacob Moore, 2-of-4; and Day, 2-of-3 with an RBI.

The victory improved the Wildcats' record to 7-5 and 5-2 in Region 7-AAAA.

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