Martin   - vs Lamar -

Game Summary

The last district game of the season proved to be an exciting one against the Lamar Vikings. The paper reported the game went to 10 innings, but it was actually only 8! The 1st inning started off with what would have been a double by Lamar’s Chris Arocha, but he failed to touch 1st base and thus was out when pitcher Kevin Winter threw the ball to Tyler Martin at 1st base. Lamar was able to get one runner home that reached base on an error and then scored on a hit to left field. In the bottom of the inning, Harrison Law reached base on balls and scored by stealing home when Jordan Imhoff drew the throw stealing second after reaching base on an error by the third baseman. The Vikings were held scoreless in the 2nd inning. Jacob Mizell hit a double in the bottom of the 2nd. The Warriors executed the same running play as they did in the 1st inning with pinch runner Shane Griffin drawing the throw stealing 2nd base allowing Mizell to steal home. Neither team was able to score in the 3rd inning. In the top of the 4th, Winter struck all three batters out. Brian Nephew hit a single to left field to lead off the bottom of the 4th and then was thrown out at 2nd on the fielder’s choice by T. Martin. Martin was moved to second on Michael Chovanec’s ground out to 3rd base and kept running to 3rd when the 3rd baseman threw to 1st. The 1st baseman overthrew 3rd base trying to get Martin out so Martin ran home to score the third run. Lamar got two back-to-back hits in the top of the 5th but failed to get the runners home. The Warriors were out three up and three down in the bottom of the 5th and gave the same to the Vikings in the top of the 6th. In the bottom of the 6th, Keiser reached base on a hit to short stop, but was left hanging on base with no one able manufacture a hit to bring him home. The Vikings rallied in the top of the 7th with a walked batter scoring on a double to right field and then another score on a single to right field tying the game up 3-3. Shane Griffin went to the mound in relief finishing off the last two batters. Winter pitched a great game with 9 strike-outs. In the bottom of the 7th, Chovanec hit a single to right field, reached 2nd on a pass ball and then moved to 3rd on Mizell’s ground out to the short stop. Unfortunately, the catcher tagged him out when the suicide squeeze attempt failed forcing an extra inning. One Viking runner reached base on an error in the top of the 8th, but was left on base. Keiser walked after two outs and then stole second base. Imhoff hit to the short stop who bobbled the ball and Keiser ran home to score the winning run. What a game! Warriors win by one run clinching the District 8-5A Championship title for 2007!

Box Scores

Pitchers:          Winter, Griffin (W)      
                   
Catcher:          Brown      

Extra Hits:       2B - Mizell