1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Totals
Kingwood Mustangs	2	4	0	0	1	-	-	7
Westbrook	0	0	0	0	2	3	-	5

Sophomores

Mar 14, 2006

Kingwood opened up its district campaign against Westbrook and used a four run 2^nd inning to go up 6-0 and seal a 7-5 win. Westbrook fought back scoring 5 runs in its last two at bats but Kingwood was able to hold on for the victory.

Dalton Steen started on the mound for the Mustangs facing 16 batters over 4 innings. Steen held Westbrook scoreless while allowing 1 hit, striking out 2, and walking 4. Ryan Duckworth started the 5^th but a shrinking strike zone, an error, and control problems forced Duckworth to give way to Alex Sowryda who came on with 2 outs and the bases loaded. Duckworth faced 6 batters allowing two runs on no hits while striking out 1 and walking three. Sowryda went the last 1 ⅓ innings to conclude the game allowing three runs on 3 hits while striking out 1 and walking 2 against the 9 batters he faced.

Offensive leaders for the Mustangs included Alan Floyd (2-3 and 1 RBI), Johnny Freemyer (1-1 and 2 RBI’s), and Austen Cornay (1-1 and 2 RBI’s). Mustangs that contributed hits included Dale Brown (1-1) and Stanley Churchwell (1-4).

Steen and company put Westbrook down in order in the top of the 1^st.

For Kingwood, Matt Irwin led off and reached on a walk. Floyd joined him with a hit by pitch and with Churchwell at the plate both runners advanced on a double steal. Churchwell then hit into a force out and the runners were not able to advance on the play. Freemyer followed and went to 1^st on a ball four passed ball that allowed a hustling Irwin to score. With Cornay at the plate, Freemyer moved to 2^nd on a catcher’s indifference. Cornay then lifted a sac fly to right that scored Floyd. Moore batted next and was hit by a pitch to give Kingwood runners at 1^st and 2^nd and AJ Paradowski at the plate. The inning ended when Paradowski went down swinging. At the end of one, Kingwood led 2-0.

In the bottom of the 2^nd, Steen led off and struck out for the first out. Brown followed and was put on with a hit by pitch. Irwin tried to move Brown over but his attempted bunt was caught for the second out to bring up Floyd. With Floyd at the plate, Brown moved to 2^nd on a passed ball and to 3^rd on a wild pitch. Floyd then smacked a double to bring home Brown. Churchwell followed and moved Floyd to 3^rd with a single to left. Freemyer came up next and hit a scorcher down the 3^rd base line to plate both Floyd and Churchwell. Cornay then brought Freemyer home with an RBI single. Moore followed and hit a drive to center that was caught to end the inning. At the end of two, Kingwood was up 6-2.

Westbrook’s first two batters went down in order to start the 3^rd. The third batter reached on a walk but was thrown out by Churchwell on an attempted steal to 2^nd to end the side.

AJ Paradowski led off for Kingwood in the bottom of the 3^rd with a deep shot to left that just didn’t have enough legs and was caught for the first out. Steen then reached on a walk bringing Brown to the plate. Brown knocked a hit and run single that moved Brent Heppler (pinch runner for Steen) to 2^nd. With Irwin at the plate, Heppler and Brown advanced on a double steal. Irwin then went down swinging and Floyd followed with a pop up to short to end the inning. At the end of three, Kingwood led 6-0.

In the 4^th, Westbrook was not able to capitalize on a couple of walks and failed to score for the fourth straight inning.

In the bottom of the 4^th, Churchwell led off and reached on an error. Matt Richardson followed and popped out to 2^nd. Taylor Ross batted next and also reached on an error. Chase Lofgren then hit a fly to right that was caught for the second out to bring up Paradowski. After a double steal that put Giles (pinch runner for Churchwell) at 3^rd and Ross at 2^nd, Paradowski lifted one to right that was run down for the third out. At the end of four, the score remained Kingwood 6 and Westbrook 0.

Westbrook scored 2 in the 5^th. One run was scored on an error and the other run came in via a bases loaded walk.

Duckworth led off for Kingwood in the bottom of the 5^th and flew out to right for the first out. Garret Doyle followed and worked a walk. John Vernon then sent a fly to center that was run down for the 2^nd out to bring up Floyd. Floyd continued his hot hitting with a single to center that moved Doyle to 2^nd. Churchwell batted next and reached when the shortstop overthrew 1^st. Doyle scored and Floyd and Churchwell moved up a base on the error. Richardson then loaded the bases when he worked a walk but the runners were left stranded when Ross hit into a force out at 3^rd. At the end of five, Kingwood led 7-2.

Encouraged by their effort in the 5^th, Westbrook struck again in the 6^th and scored three more runs before Kingwood shut them down to end the game. Final score: Kingwood 7, Westbrook 5.