After falling to Silsbee 6-5 in Game One of their series the Bridge City Cardinals came back strong in Game Two Thursday with an 11-1 win in six innings. “We’ve responded well all season,” said Head Coach Chad Landry. “The practice following a loss has been exactly what you want to see as a coach. Full buy-in, they know what we’ve got to do to get better.”
“We swung the bats really well tonight. We put up 14 hits against a good scrappy Silsbee (5-1) team that hit us on Tuesday like we haven’t been hit all year,” Landry said. Hunter Ford was 3-4, CJ Riojas hit a bomb and Austin Frederick, Ashton Sumrall and Landon Leleaux had two hits each. Brady Havard came off the bench to hit an RBI single to end the game early.
Starter Owen Tucker gave up one run on four hits in 4.1 innings and Slade Herman pitched a scoreless 1.2. “OT was on short rest with a Thursday game and he competed well tonight,” Landry said. “He’s tough and a great senior leader on our ballclub.”
The Cards (6-2) will start a series with Jasper at home Tuesday for Senior Night.
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Orangefield 7 Kountze 0 – The Bobcats put on a track meet with nine stolen bases. They tallied 10 hits with Cole Sanches and Matthew Johnson with two a piece. Carson Gonzales and Kaysen Click combined to throw a 2 hit shutout with 13K’s and just 3 walks. The Bobcats (8-0) will play at Buna Tuesday.
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Lumberton 4 LCM 1 – The game was tied at one going into the fourth when the Raiders scattered three more runs, outhitting the Bears 5-4. Dreyden Cook had two of the Bears four hits. LCM (3-3) had trouble in the field with five errors. Parker Freeman struck out 8 but was saddled with the loss giving up 4 runs on 4 hits with 5 walks. The Bears will host Silsbee on Tuesday.
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Vidor 18 WOS 0 (5 innings) – Alex Bryant threw a 2 hitter and struck out 10 in the win. Jett Brucia was 3-4 with TWO HR’s and 5 RBI’s. The (7-1) Pirates are off next week.
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SOFTBALL
Silsbee 7 Bridge City 5 – The Lady Cardinals came up short on their comeback after being down 7-2. Leadoff hitter Kaitlyn Juneau was solid going 3-4 with an RBI and 2 runs scored along with a couple of nice defensive plays at third. Cambree LaComb, Ella Droddy and Peyton Dupuis brought in the other runs. LaComb took the loss as Silsbee collected 11 hits including a 2 run homer by Madeline Byars, who was also the winning pitcher. The Cards (7-2) will play at Jasper Tuesday.
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LCM 10 Lumberton 0 (5 innings) – Tessa Erickson continues to pound the softball going 4-4 with and double, triple and 3 RBI’s. Erickson is on a 13 game hitting streak and she got the win with 8K’s and now has more than 400 in her career. Embree Ewing and Cambree Ewing also drove in 2 runs each as the Bears (8-1) will play at Silsbee Tuesday.
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Vidor 13 WOS 0 (5) – Charleigh Haley was 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBI’s and she got the win with a 2 hit shutout and 6K’s. Bailey Hargroder was 2-2 with 4RBI’s and Katie Dumesnil was 2-2 with 2 doubles. The Pirates (6-4) will host Lumberton on April 10. WOS will go to Lumberton on Tuesday.
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