Kingwood vs Klein

Mar 7, 2005

The Mustangs finished a busy week on Tuesday evening with a rematch with the Klein Bearcats.  Kingwood scored first with a run in the bottom of the second.  Kyle Denney walked with one out and moved to second after Brad Evans was hit by a pitch.  On a steal of third Denney just kept running on a ground ball to deep second from Josh Fountain to score the first run of the game.  Klein answered back with three home runs in the top of the third to go up 4-1.  The Mustangs got one back in the bottom of the inning on a Johnny Whittleman home run.  Two more Klein runs gave the Bearcats a 6-2 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth.  The Mustangs had a huge half of the inning sending fourteen hitters to the plate to score eleven big runs.  In the inning, Kenneth Negron led off with a single.  Thomas McCormick doubled driving in the first run.  Whittleman walked and was forced at second on a ground ball from A.J. Pendleton with McCormick moving to third and scoring on a wild pitch.  Austin Wood followed with a single and Doug Simmons walked loading the bases.  With two out, the Klein pitcher would boot a ground ball allowing Pendleton and pinch runner Bruce Williams to score as Brad Evans reached first.  Josh Fountain and Negron walked to once again load the bases.  McCormick doubled to deep left center to bring home all three runners.  But the Mustangs weren’t through.  Whittleman singled bringing in McCormick. Pendleton singled and both runners moved up a base on a passed ball.  Wood followed with an infield single that allowed both runners to score giving Kingwood the final runs in the 13-6 win.  Blake Steil pitched the first five innings for the Mustangs allowing six runs on four hits, walked three and struck out five to get the win.  Mike Ojala and Zack Enriquez each pitched a scoreless inning to preserve the Mustang win.  Negron(2-3), McCormick(2-4), Whittleman(2-2, HR), Pendleton(1-3) and Wood(3-4) had the Mustang ten hits on the evening.