Last day at the Hitchcock Bulldog Bash Tournament

Yesterday we traveled to Hitchcock once again and played two solid games to finish the tournament. First we took on Brazos high and came away with a solid win 7-4. Josh Torres tossed his best outing of the season and picked up the victory, with Cameron Gregory and Wesley Winn each pitching an inning in relief. The offense hit the ball fairly well, led by Clay Wiseman, Tyler Wilson, and Cameron Johnson. The win provided a championship game appearance that would prove to be a dogfight with longtime rivals the Brazosport Christian Eagles.

Bradley Armstrong took to the rubber for BCA and pitched a great game, picking up the loss in a 13-9 slugfest that did not do justice to the quality of game that Armstrong pitched. One day after finishing basketball season with a heartbreaking loss in the state semi-finals, Armstrong dealt strike after strike and pitched well enough to win the game. Unfortunately, some questionable calls by the umpires and some defensive miscues led to a deficit that we were unable to overcome.

The championship game started off well for the Bulldogs, as cleanup hitter Austin Wilson hit a towering shot twenty-five feet over the centerfield fence for a two-run homerun and early Bulldog lead. The bats then fell silent and the BCA sluggers found themselves trailing 8-2 after five innings. Then the fight came out of our Dogs - some focused at-bats led to several base hits and Austin Wilson's second homerun of the night, this time belted the opposite way. When the dust cleared the score was 8-7 and the game was on.

After allowing five runs to Brazosport in the bottom of the inning, the Bulldogs batted in the seventh inning determined to come back and pull out the championship victory. Wilson's third homerun of the night, a rocket-propelled two-run shot to left-center, proved to be all the rally that the Eagle pitchers would surrender. The young Bulldogs proved that they will not quit, no matter the deficit, and everyone held their heads high despite the bittersweet taste of a second-place finish in the tournament. We all agree that our best baseball is ahead of us, and we hope to improve each day and each game as we prepare to start a new winning streak and pursue the first Baytown Christian state baseball championship.

Austin Wilson was the star of the day, blasting three homeruns in one game and garnering selection as a member of the all-tournament team. Joining him there was younger brother Tyler, who led the Bulldogs in hitting throughout the tournament. All in all, it was a nice run in the tournament and we are proud to be 6-2 after eight games, knowing that we can still improve and have the ability to win every game we play the rest of the way. Next up is Langham Creek on Thursday at 1:30 in the afternoon at Lee HS here in Baytown in our opening matchup at the annual Gary Herrington tournament. The Lobos are currently ranked #12 in the Houston region by Baseball USA/Houston5abaseball.com and should provide the toughest test yet for our boys, so we hope you can make it out to cheer us on to victory.

This week's schedule:

3/04/10	1:30 PM	vs.	Langham Creek (Houston, TX) ** (Gary Herrington)
3/04/10	4:00 PM	vs.	Port Neches-Groves (Port Neches, TX) ** (Gary Herrington)
3/05/10	5:00 PM	vs.	Lee (Baytown, TX) ** (Gary Herrington)