The Mountaineers Research Paper

The Texas Rangers (73-65) came into this game just one game back of the Houston Astros in the AL West, and they looked dominant in the series so far against the Seattle Mariners (67-73). The Rangers had won two in a row and had to feel good about their chances tonight, but laid an absolute goose egg in a 6-0 defeat to the putrid Seattle Mariners. Martin Perez (2-5, 5.43 ERA) took the loss for the Rangers and Vidal Nuño (1-2, 3.25 ERA) took the win for the Mariners.

“I knew he had to throw me a good pitch with a 3-1 count.” Ashline said, “I got my pitch and wanted to put it in play, because I knew he could score if it reached the outfield.

After Centenary tied game two at three, Dallas took advantage of a dropped popped up bunt. With one out and two on base, Jade Miller doubled to score the go-ahead run and put a pair in scoring position. Allie Driskill added an infield single that cleared the bases.

The sixth inning was when everything changed, as the Boom sent 10 batters to the plate, and scored five runs, giving them a 7-0 lead. Matt Piatt notched two hits and RBIs in the inning, including his leadoff home run over the right center field wall. It was his first on the season. Brandon Sedell (Nova Southeastern), Hoover and Chris Townsend (Central Arkansas) set the table for the top of the lineup when each singled to load the bases. After a pitching change, Daniel Sweet cleared the bases, with a three RBI triple to left center field. Piatt drove his second RBI in the inning in with two outs and two on, with a line drive between the shortstop and third

The Gents played a closer game then they are used to in the series finale, but the Maroon and White never trailed in the series as Centenary (16-3, 3-0 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) swept a doubleheader with a 12-0 win (seven innings) in game one and 9-6 in game two.

Besides two long offensive plays, the defense shut down the offense, allowing only three touchdowns. One of those came from former Mountaineer quarterback Geno Smith to Shelton Gibson.

The next frame went better. Kowar retired the first two before another surrendering another two-out hit, but this one stayed in the park and Darren Miller’s pop fly to right ended the second.

The Patriots (26-15) tied the game in the sixth at 4, then a three-run blast by Bishop over the right-field wall put UT Tyler ahead 7-4. Bishop and the top five in the UT Tyler order accounted for nine of the 12 hits to support six-different pitchers in the win.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--The second-seeded West Virginia University baseball team saw its season come to an end in a 12-8 loss to No. 1 Wake Forest on Sunday evening at David F. Couch Ballpark.

In a heartbreaking loss in game one, Centenary rallied from an 8-2 deficit to take a 9-8 lead in the bottom of the eighth. However, Trinity scored two in the ninth for the thrilling 10-9 win. With Centenary down 8-2 in the fifth, the Maroon and White erupted for five runs to cut the deficit to one. Quintanilla walked and Schimpf singled to put runners on the corners. With one out, Crowder singled up the middle for an RBI. Russell singled to load the bases, and a bases-loaded walk with two outs plated the second run. Junior Ian Graham delivered the big blow, doubling down the leftfield line to clear the bases. However, he was thrown out trying to take third

However, the Mountaineers responded with five runs in the top of the third to take a commanding 9-2 advantage.

The Mountaineers picked up two more in the sixth, extending their lead to 7-2. A two-out RBI single up the middle by Gonzalez scored both runs, which were unearned after a fielding error to open the frame.

Then in the Trojans half of the inning we could tell it was Kyler’s game because he lead off with a line drive single to dead center. Then on the first pitch Kyler was running and Kam was swinging and Kam hit a line drive double to left field

Last night I made the 65 minute trip to Mechanicsburg, Ohio to take in the division six ,region 24 playoff game, between undefeated Mechanicsburg(10-0) and 7-3 Miami East. This was my first time seeing Miami East play. I was hoping to see a battle for four quarters, but felt the home team was going to be moving to week twelve.

Neither team would let up, but it appeared that the Mustangs had solidified their victory when sophomore Collin Peterson’s converted a goal kick for the two goal lead heading into the final ten minutes of the game. Albia had other plans. They rallied in the final minutes of the game, managing to score two goals in the timeframe. Next came the Mustangs season long weakness, overtime. The result was all to familiar as the Blue Demos scored the game winning goal in the second overtime. The Mustangs fifth overtime loss of the season.