Martin   - vs El Paso -
Regional Semifinals Game 3
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Martin Warriors vs. El Paso Socorro Bulldogs
@ Christensen Stadium, Midland, TX

Game Summary

Kevin Winter started the final game of the series on the mound.  The first batter for El Paso walked. He was forced out at second on the fielder’s choice by the next batter hitting to Will Keiser.  The third batter got a nice hit to left field. The fourth batter flew out to Jordan Imhoff in right field followed by a strike out to end the Bulldogs chance of scoring first.  Harrison Law led off in the bottom of the 1st with a double to deep right center.  He advanced to third on Jordan Imhoff’s base hit to left field and scored on a wild pitch. Brian Nephew got on base on balls, but both he and Imhoff were left on base.  The 2nd inning, Winter got a called third strike on ten pitches to retire the first batter of the inning.  The next batter up hit a solo home run over left field tying the score 1-1.  The Bulldogs third batter got a base hit up the middle on a shot that first hit Winter in the left shoulder area.  The runner was left on base after a ground out to third and fly out to center field.  The Warriors only got Matt Schimpf on base in the bottom of the 2nd with an error by the third baseman.  The 3rd inning the Martin defense made good routine plays to get the Bulldogs out three up and three down.  The bottom of the 3rd was an explosive inning for the Warriors.  Keiser and Imhoff both reached base on balls.  Nephew hit a single to left field scoring Keiser.  Mike Chovanec drew a walk.  Jake Mizell got a base hit to left field scoring Imhoff. Schimpf hit up the middle scoring both Nephew and Chovanec.  Chase Brown hit to third base for a fielder’s choice as the third baseman threw Schimpf out at second base.  Harrison Law hit a double to right center scoring Mizell and Brown.  Law also scored on a pass ball bringing the Warriors lead to 8-1.  In the top of the 4th, the first Bulldog batter got a base hit followed by the next batter’s home run to bring the score to 8-3.  Jordan Imhoff came to the mound in relief for Kevin Winter.  The next three batters were retired easily on routine defensive plays.  The Warriors kept the hits coming in the bottom of the 4th inning with Keiser leading off hitting a single to left field.  Imhoff also hit a single to left field and Shane Griffin went in to run for him. Keiser scored on an error by the left fielder.  Chovanec hit a double to right center, scoring Griffin.  Mizell walked and Schimpf got a base hit to left field loading the bases.  Brown got a hit to right field scoring Chovanec.  Three runners were left on base as Law flew out to the catcher, but the Warriors advanced their lead to 11-3.  The Bulldogs scored three in the 5th inning with four base hits and a walk narrowing the Warriors lead to 11-6.  In the bottom of the 5th inning with one out, Imhoff hit a triple to deep right center with Griffin going in to run.  Griffin scored on Nephew’s sacrifice fly to center field.  The Warriors were only able to get the one run in to put them up 12-6.  The Bulldogs came out rallying in the 6th scoring five runs on a walk, a triple, three base hits and an error diminishing the Warriors lead to 12-11.  The Warriors got only one runner on base in the bottom of the 6th with Chase Brown hitting a single up the middle.  Tanner Hapeman went in to run for him and stole second base, but was left hanging with no other Warrior manufacturing a way to bring him home.  The Warriors had to hold the Bulldogs in the 7th to win and advance to the Region 1 finals.  The first batter grounded out to Keiser throwing to Schimpf for the first out.  The second batter drew a walk.  The third batter hit a fly ball deep to left field easily caught by Law.  Imhoff struck out the final batter to win the game!  The Warriors now advance to the Region 1 Finals against Midland Lee.

Box Scores

Pitchers:          Winter, Imhoff (W)      
                   
Catcher:          Brown      

Extra Hits:       3B - Imhoff
                       2B - Law (2), Chovanec
Multiple Hits:   Law, Imhoff, Schimpf, Brown