Martin - 21  vs  Desoto - 5

Game Summary
On a late night in De Soto the Warrior Freshmen team broke the curse of the De Soto field and became the only Warrior team that won a game there this year by beating the De Soto Eagles 21 – 5.  The first inning saw 8 runs scored by the Warriors with a double and a walk by Daniel Garcia, and a single and triple from Travis Breslin.  Dylan Rucker got a walk and Stewart Person, Chase Jensen and Taylor Peddicord all hit singles.  During this inning Michael Glass also reached on a fielder’s choice.  Josh Bragg struck out three Eagles in the bottom of the first and issued one harmless walk.  The Warriors left three stranded in the second and the Eagles scored one with two singles that inning.  Peddicord started the third inning with a walk and scored with one out when Breslin hit a single into left field.  Rucker and Person both walked then Jensen hit a single scoring Rucker.  Christian Ballard also walked and Person was able to come home on a wild pitch.  The Eagles got three singles in the bottom of the third and also reached with one hit batsmen, one fielder’s choice and one walk all resulting in four runs for the Eagles.  The final out for the Eagles was a hard shot to first basemen, Person who fielded the ball then dove to tag the bag before the runner could get there.  At the end of three the score was 11 – 5 Warriors.  In the fourth the Warriors took the four runs back starting off with Peddicord beating out a throw to first after the catcher dropped the third strike.  Garcia hit a single, Breslin walked and Peddicord and Garcia both scored when Rucker doubled.  Breslin crossed the plate with a passed ball and Rucker come home on Jensen’s single setting the Warriors up for another run rule night with a score of 15 – 5.  The Eagles were not able to add any runs in the fourth despite one single and one walk.  The fifth saw the Warriors widen their lead to 21 – 5 with 6 runs.  Kyle Chathum was hit by a pitch, Trent Hunter and Peddicord hit singles followed by a triple from Garcia.  Michael Glass hit a single and Rucker walked.  With 2 outs Kyle Blackwell got on due to an Eagle error which scored the last two Warrior runs for the evening.  Tanner Hapeman came in as relief in the bottom of the fifth and other than the Eagle that reached with a third strike dropped ball the Warriors defense shut them down.  Bragg gets the win taking him to 6 – 0.  Warriors are now 12 – 0 in district play with two games left to play.

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