Coahoma Bulldogs baseball team comes up short in game with the Lubbock Roosevelt
The Coahoma Bulldog baseball team took on the Lubbock Roosevelt Eagles Tuesday, Mar.2, on Coahomas home field. The Bulldogs fell to Roosevelt 16 to 6 in a much closer game than the score may indicate.
Billy Bailey took to the mound to start the game for the Bulldogs. He had a great first inning of work, only allowing one run to cross the plate. The Bulldogs would come up next; they did get a runner on base when Billy Star took a walk. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs could not score a run. Ending the inning at Roosevelt 1 Coahoma 0.
Bailey once again took the mound in his second inning of work. The young Bulldog went on to strike out three on the inning, not allowing any runs. The bottom of the second kicked off with Kobe Cervantes singling to left field. Bryan Martinez then grounded into a fielder's choice, and Cervantes was forced out at second. Billy Bailey then came to the plate, and the Pitcher smashed a hard-hit ball for a single, advancing Martinez to second. Grant Glidewell came in as a courtesy runner replacing Bailey at first. Logan Saverence got hit by a pitch to load the bases. Brysen Kirby then stepped into the box and took a walk to push across the day's first run for the Bulldogs. It was then Brenner Gartman that stepped to the plate. Gartman would be hit by the pitch, which allowed Glidewell to score, giving Coahoma their first lead of the day and final run of the inning with a lead of 2 to 1.
The third inning rolled around with Bailey still showing he was in control on the mound; he added two more strikeouts to his total and only gave up one run on the inning as the Eagles would tie the game back up 2 to 2. The Bulldogs would answer right back as Nick Gonzales earned a walk to start the inning. Gonzales then came around to score on an error in the field, giving the Bulldogs the lead back at 3 to 2 to end the third.
As the fourth inning began, Bailey once again struck out two more batters on the inning, not allowing a run, preserving the one-run lead, heading into the bottom of the fourth. The Bulldog bats could not get anything going in their half of the fourth, leaving the score standing 3 to 2.
Billy Bailey came out to start his fifth inning of work as the top of the fifth kicked off. Roosevelt was able to score two on the inning, to take the lead back at 4 to 3. Billy Star led off the bottom of the fifth with a hard-hit double to left field. Nick Gonzalez was next to the plate, and he would take a walk, giving the Bulldogs runners on first and second. Kobe Cervantes then came up to the plate and had a hard-hit single yo drive in Starr to tie the game back up at 4 all. Two batters later, Bailey laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored Gonzalez to give
Courtesy Photos the lead once again to the Bulldogs in this back and forth affair. The Coahoma Bulldogs ended the fifth up 5 to 4.
The sixth inning once again found Billy Bailey dealing as he had all game long, not allowing a run in his half of the inning. Bailey would finish his day of work, pitching six innings, giving up six hits, and only gave up four runs, striking out nine batters on the day to end a dominating performance. Ashton Kimball got hit by a pitch in the bottom of the sixth. Brenner Gartman then came into the game as a courtesy runner replacing Kimball on the base paths. Billy Star later drove in Gartman to increase the Bulldog lead to 6 to 4 to close out the sixth.
Lubbock Roosevelt blew the game open in the seventh inning scoring 12 runs to take a commanding lead 16 to 6. The big inning proved too much for the Bulldogs to overcome as they fell to Lubbock 16 to 6.
It was a much closer game than the score indicated; the Bulldogs played hard all game long and battled to the very last at-bat. This loss will prove to be a learning point for the young team in the future.
Dustin is the Sports Writer for the Big Spring Herald. To contact him e-mail sports@bigspringherald. com, or call 432-263-7311 ext. 237.