Antelope baseball drops one at home

Costly errors ruin region opener for Rams

The Antelope baseball team cursed itself with a series of fielding errors early in a game on Monday night and couldn’t dig out of that hole later against Parker.

The Rams fell 8-4 after falling behind 8-0 in the first three innings of the game.

The score book recorded four errors, but there were also a couple of passed balls and errant throws around the diamond that extended innings and gave the Broncs (3-3 AIA, 1-0 region) ample opportunities to cash in.

Antelope (5-3, 2-1) gave up four runs in the second and three more in the third inning to fall behind 7-0. At one point Parker led 8-0 before the Rams could really even get into the game offensively.

“It was the errors,” Antelope coach Rocky Jaime said. “We had throwing errors, balls getting passed the second baseman when the catcher was throwing down, just some simple fielding errors. The score should have been 4-1 if you took away those two innings and the unearned runs.”

Brady Jameson started on the mound for the Rams and he recorded the loss. He pitched 2 1/3 innings where he gave up eight runs (2 earned). He also had four strikeouts.

Errors in the field extended a couple of Jameson’s innings making life a little harder, and the base runners began to pile up. He was replaced by Bobby Irvin, who pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings in relief.

Despite the mistakes in the field Jaime is still playing around with some of his lineups and seeing which players could work in certain spots.

“We’re still figuring