Baseball playoffs: Flower Mound edges Allen, Sachse and Byron Nelson roll to blowout wins
Game of the Night
Flower Mound’s discipline at the plate paid off with its Game 1 win over Allen, 4-3, to open the bi-district round.
After Allen tied the game at 3 in the top of the sixth via a walk with the bases loaded, Flower Mound returned the favor the very next inning with Jackson Sartor earning a bases loaded walk and scoring Parker Brann to take the 4-3 lead.
Logan Richards closed things out for Flower Mound in the final frame, sealing the win when a grounder was hit right to him for the third out.
Flower Mound outhit Allen 7-3 in the game. Catcher Grant Plasek had two hits and an RBI.
Game 2 is slated for Thursday at Allen at 7 p.m.
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Other Area Results:
Sachse 14, Rockwall-Heath 4 (Game 1):
Greyson Darden went 4-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs including a two-run single in the top of the second that kickstarted what eventually became a six-run inning.
Heath mounted an early comeback attempt scoring three runs in the bottom of the third thanks to Mick Randle’s two-run double. But a five-run sixth inning pushed the lead to 10. Sachse’s Jacob Ponce and Colt Upchurch combined for six RBIs as well. Wednesday night was the largest margin of defeat for Heath since its 12-1 loss to Frenship back in February.
Byron Nelson 11, Mansfield Legacy 1 (Game 1):
On the mound, Buth finished with nine strikeouts and allowed only three hits. Game 2 is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Legacy.
Hillcrest 3, Mesquite Poteet 0 (Game 1): Hillcrest blanked Poteet in Game 1 with sophomore Diego Wong throwing a complete game, allowing just four hits and recording 10 strikeouts.
The game was scoreless until the top of the sixth when Carlos Salazar singled off a bunt that scored Hillcrest’s opening run. Jean Pierre Paternina’s triple the next at-bat scored another run before he made his way home via a fielding error at third base. The series returns Thursday at 7 p.m. at Lake Highlands.
Southlake Carroll 2, Boswell 0 (Game 1): Southlake Carroll needed extra innings to knock off Boswell in the first game of the series. Shawn Arterburn’s RBI double scored both Zach Stroud and Gavin Strange in the top of the eighth inning. That ended up being all Carroll needed to take the first game against Boswell.
On the mound, sophomore AJ Bonnette pitched all eight innings and recorded 15 strikeouts while allowing just two hits.
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McKinney Boyd 5 vs. Denton Guyer 4 (Game 1):
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Graham Daniels patiently battled and was eventually walked to score Luke Laughon, the winning run.
Guyer had just tied the game in the prior frame from a one-run single by Jacob Pruett. Game 2 is set for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday back at Little Elm.
Jesuit 13, Arlington Lamar 4 (Game 1):
However, Preston Farragut started a scoring run in the top of the fifth by stealing home before Haddock hit a three-run double to push the lead to 9-3. Game 2 returns the series to Jesuit on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Mansfield 5, Euless Trinity 3 (Game 1)
Highland Park 8, Frisco Lebanon Trail 1 (Game 1)
Keller 4, Mansfield Lake Ridge 0 (Game 1)
Mesquite Horn 4, Temple 2 (Game 1)
Rowlett 4, Forney 2 (Game 1)
Granbury 3, Birdville 2 (Game 1)
Harker Heights 1, Cedar Hill 0 (Game 1)
Hebron 1 vs. Plano West 0 (Game 1)
Wylie 3, Rockwall 1 (Game 1)
Waco Midway vs. Duncanville (Game 1)
Flower Mound Marcus 6, Prosper 1 (Game 1)
Melissa 5, Mt. Pleasant 2 (Game 1)
Frisco Memorial 2, The Colony 1 (Game 1)
Woodrow Wilson 14 vs. South Oak Cliff 0 (Game 1)
Celina 7, Lake Dallas 2 (Game 1)
Van Alstyne 8 vs. Aubrey 7 (Game 1)
Godley 10, Carter 0 (Game 1)
Frisco Panther Creek 8 vs. Bonham 3 (Game 1)
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