Forsan Buffaloes Baseball team defeats Hamlin 11 to 1 in big district win

The Forsan Buffalo Baseball team took on The Hamlin Pied Pipers in a district clash this Monday in Forsan. The Buffaloes overpowered Hamlin from the beginning of the game. They went on to win in a blowout 11 to 1 after five innings of play.

Josh Durbin took the mound for the Buffaloes. After allowing a leadoff single, the Buffalo pitcher would shine; he completely shut down Hamlin on the inning. He refused to allow any runs to cross the plate while striking out two. Forsan wasted little time getting down to business in this game. Kevin Kilgore led off the game with a hard-hit single back up the middle. Cayden Morgan followed with a single of his own that would score Kilgore for the first run of the game. Pitcher Josh Durbin was next up when he hit a sacrifice fly to the outfield that was deep enough to score Morgan on the play, making it 2 to 0. Major Stockton

and Brandon Valdez had backto-back singles, giving the Buffs runners at the corners with only one out. Major Stockton scored on an error by the Hamlin right fielder, increasing the lead to 3 to 0. The Hamlin pitcher struggled to find the strike zone as he went on to walk the next three Buffaloe batter in a row. All in all, the Buffs kept the momentum moving by putting up two more runs in the inning.

Enjoying a 5 to 0 lead, Durbin went right back to work. The pitcher was impressive once again. He never allowed Hamlin to get much working in the inning, shutting them down and throwing a goose egg on the board. The second inning started like the first for the Buffs. The bats were on fire, and the team was in a grove. The inning started with a single by Cayden Morgan. After a pop fly out, Major Stockton then earned a walk, giving the Buffs runners at the corners once again with only one out. Brandon Valdez came through for his team when he had a brutal hit that scored two on the play bringing the score to 7 to

0. The Buffaloes would not be done. They knew they had the momentum and took full advantage of it. After a ground out, it brought up Nolan Park. Park was hit by pitch. The Buffs now had Park at first and Valdez at third. Bradlee Saucedo singled in Valdez to make the lead 9 to

0. the Hamlin pitcher kept struggling with his command and walked Josh Cervantes. That brings up the Buffaloes leadoff man Kevin Kilgore and the young Buff delivered with a hardhit fly ball to left field that scores two more runs to bring the total to an impressive 11 to 0. The inning ended with a score of 11 to 0.

Neither team did much in the third and fourth inning, not scoring any runs. Hamlin did put up one run in the top of the fifth, making it 11 to 1, but the game was called after the top of the fifth, giving the Buffaloes a decisive victory on the day.

This win puts the Buffaloes record at 9-10 on the season and giving the Buffs a 3-1 District record. This team is full of young talent, and they are starting to showcase that. Next up for Forsan will face Colorado City on April 16, which will be senior night.

Dustin is the sports writer for the Herald. To contact him e-mail sports@ bigsprinherald.com or cal 432-263-7331