Martin vs Sam Houston

Game Summary
Martin JV played their first district game of the 2008 season against the Sam Houston Texans at Martin. The first Texan walked followed by a pop up to pitcher, Ryan Walker. The third batter hit a single but was doubled off when the next batter hit into a 4-6-3 double play. The bottom of the first saw the Warriors sit down in order with three fly balls, one caught in right field and two in the left field. Sam’s first batter in the second inning hit a single and was bunted over but was left standing on second base when Walker struck out the next two batters to move into the bottom of the inning. Tyler Wilhelm and Matt Kazmierski both walked during the inning, Kyle Chatham and Jordan Hasler both had a single and an RBI and Felix Martinez hit a 2 run double to make it 4 – 0 after 2. The third inning started out with a walk to the first Texan up who was then thrown out at second during another 4-6-3 double play. The next two batters reach, one on a single and the other after being binged by the pitch only to be stranded when Walker struck out the #4 hitter to end the top of the third. Wilhelm was dealt his second walk of the game but was stranded during the Warrior half of the inning. In the fourth the first batter was struck out by Walker, the next Texan reached due to a Warrior error and then a few more batters were put aboard by drawing walks. Trey Thompson came in to close out the inning and struck out the last two batters. Kazmierski started the bottom of the fourth with a walk and scored three batters later when Dillon Dawson hit a RBI single. Thompson also had a single in the inning but failed to score. The top of the fifth saw a strike out, ground out, 2 walks and strike out in that order to leave two Sam runners on base and no score. Wilhelm’s patience at the plate once again paid off with his third walk of the game. Chatham was put on base with a Sam Houston error and Kazmierski hit a single to load them up for Alec Shurack who came through with a sac fly to center field to rack up an RBI. Hasler then hit a single that scored two. Dawson hit a double and Thompson walked in the inning as well. The Warriors left two on base at the end of the fifth inning. Thompson put two Texans on during the top of the sixth with no harm since he also struck out two and got one to hit a ground ball for an out to end the game 9 – 3 Warriors.

Box Scores

Pitchers: Walker, Thompson
                   
Catcher: Chatham  

Extra Hits: 2B: Dawson

Multiple Hits: 2 Hits: Dawson, Hasler