Martin   - vs El Paso -
Regional Semifinals Game 1
Friday, May 25, 2007
Martin Warriors vs. El Paso Socorro Bulldogs
@ Christensen Stadium, Midland, TX

Game Summary

The Warriors came out slowly with no hits in the first two innings. Shane Griffin was on the mound for Martin allowing no hits in the 1st inning with one walk.  The defense made the routine plays necessary for the three outs.  The Bulldogs scored in the 2nd inning with an error and two hits. Jake Mizell led off in the 3rd inning with a nice hit to left center taking second and third bases on the center fielder’s mishandling of the ball.  Chase Brown’s sacrifice fly to left center scored Mizell.  Harrison Law reached base on a single to right center and stole second base during Jantzen Witte’s at bat, but was left on base as the short stop caught Witte’s hit for the third out.  Griffin struggled in the bottom of the 3rd with two walks but then came back to strike out the third batter.  Coach Culbertson decided to intentionally walk the fourth batter to load the bases hoping for a double play, but the next batter hit a double down the right field line scoring two and moving the last walked batter to third base.  The runner on third ended up scoring on a pass ball. Griffin struck out the sixth batter to make two outs.  The seventh batter hit between first and second base and Will Keiser fielded the ball, but slipped on the throw allowing the runner to reach base and another run to score.  Mizell made the final out on a fly ball to center field.  In the 4th inning Keiser and Brian Nephew both reached base on balls and Keiser scored on Mizell’s hit to left field.  The Warriors were not able to get the other two runners home.  The defense kept the Bulldogs from scoring in the bottom of the 4th. Harrison Law was the only Warrior on base in the top of the 5th.  He stole second base and then reached third on an error and scored on Witte’s sacrifice fly to right field.  The Bulldogs got two on base in the bottom of the 5th reaching on and error and a walk.  The first one scored on a fielder’s choice bringing the score to 6-3.  In the 6th, Jordan Imhoff reached base on a single with Tanner Hapeman going in to run for him.  Nephew hit into a double play. Michael Chovanec grounded out to the second baseman ending the Warriors chances for scoring in the 6th.  The Bulldogs first batter in the 6th reached base on a hit to left center and scored on a sacrifice fly to center field.  The next batter up hit a foul ball that Matthew Schimpf got to, but the El Paso coach was in the way, so he wasn’t able to get the out.  The umpires made a good call of interference for the 2nd out.  Nephew cleanly fielded the next batters hit to him and made a good throw to Schimpf at first for the final out.  The Warriors were not able to get a rally going in the final inning ending game 1 in a loss of 7-3.

Box Scores

Pitchers:          Griffin (L)      
                   
Catcher:          Brown      

Multiple Hits:   Mizell