Game of the Night: Waxahachie 5, Sachse 1<\/p>\n
WAXAHACHIE \u2013\u00a0Waxahachie finally got to execute what it\u00a0practiced.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u00a0night in the team\u2019s 5-1 win over Sachse in the first area round game, Waxahachie had a few situations play out like the team hoped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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In the top of the fourth, they held a slim 3-0 lead. Sachse had just scored its first run off an error\u00a0and had two runners on with no outs.\u00a0The next at-bat,\u00a0Sachse\u2019s Aaron Silva drilled a line drive to right field and should\u2019ve scored the team\u2019s second run. But Waxahachie\u2019s Luke Ballard one-hopped the throw all the way to catcher Jax Robinson to make the tag at the plate.<\/p>\n
The next at-bat, Robinson, a Texas-commit,\u00a0caught a runner stealing second and then pitcher Gramm Davis struck out the third.\u00a0Waxahachie held Sachse scoreless the rest of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur catcher is a four-year starter, and we got some guys who have started all year, last year and this year,\u201d Waxahachie head coach Jesse Lopez said. \u201cWe practice it, and we hope it works out that\u00a0way\u00a0and it did. We\u00a0haven’t\u00a0really got to see that a whole lot, so\u00a0it was good. It\u00a0was\u00a0real\u00a0good, I was pleased with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the plate in the bottom of the fourth, Waxahachie flawlessly executed a double steal after\u00a0Kayson Weyrauch was walked and casually strolled on to second after the pitcher turned his back.<\/p>\n
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Weston Davis bolted home from third as soon as Sachse pitcher, Alex Moreno, turned his head toward\u00a0Weyrauch. Davis had batted in a run during his at-bat earlier in the inning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some speed,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cWe want to put some pressure on people, and\u00a0that’s\u00a0the thing we\u00a0kind of hang\u00a0our hat on, making them make a mistake, and it just worked out.\u00a0Sometimes it\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0work out, but it worked out tonight, and\u00a0that’s\u00a0a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first run of the game was scored by Hayden Zandt in the opening frame. Zandt recorded a sac fly in the bottom of the third to score the team\u2019s second run, and he finished with a team-high two RBIs. Julian Duarte scored on a wild pitch for his team\u2019s third\u00a0run\u00a0the same inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Robinson\u00a0had two hits and was intentionally\u00a0walked\u00a0twice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Davis was the night\u2019s winning pitcher throwing six innings with four strikeouts and only allowing three hits. The series returns to Garland on Friday at 7 p.m. for Game 2.<\/p>\n
Jesuit 3, Denton\u00a0Guyer 0<\/p>\n
IRVING\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 There\u00a0were several spectators interested in what James Jorgensen could do for their futures on Thursday, but the Jesuit senior was focused on the present. That focus may have produced his finest hour as a pitcher for Jesuit.<\/p>\n
Jorgensen tossed a three-hit shutout, striking out 12 batters while walking two. Jorgensen also had a nice game at the plate, having a hand in two runs in Jesuit\u2019s 3-0 win over Denton Guyer in Game 1 of a best-of-three Class 6A Division II area playoff series at Ranchview High School\u2019s The Ballpark at Ranchview.<\/p>\n
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Jorgensen\u00a0appeared to get\u00a0stronger as the game went on, recording 10 strikeouts while allowing one walk and one hit in the final five innings. Isaac Calderon was the loan Guyer batter who figured Jorgensen out, hitting two singles\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jorgensen, a University of Texas signee, excelled while at least five scouts were measuring his velocity with radar guns, although it appeared that his change-up was his best pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. I think today was my best game as a Jesuit Ranger. I came out and threw hard and had good defense. They made contact, but it was soft contact,\u201d Jorgensen said. \u201cI think all pitches for me today were moving.\u00a0My curveball was really good late in the outing.\u00a0Also\u00a0my slider and my fastball up\u00a0was\u00a0really good too.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever is in the stands is not important.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0focused on winning, on the team and on the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Game 2 is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at The Ballpark\u00a0at\u00a0Ranchview.<\/p>\n
Jesuit (27-7-2) \u2013 ranked No. 5 in The Dallas Morning News\u2019 Class 6A area poll — took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Taylor Haddock doubled to the wall in left-center and came home on a two-out Jorgensen single to left. The Rangers extended their lead in the third when Roman Derichsweiler singled to right, went to third on a Jorgensen double to left-center and scored on a Nate Iannariello groundout. Iannariello added a double down the right-field line in the sixth and his courtesy runner, Hudson Yobp, would score on a sacrifice bunt by Griffin Civello.<\/p>\n
Barrett Elston (5-1) took the loss for No. 9-ranked Guyer (27-10), but had a quality start. Leaning on effective an curveball, Elston had five strikeouts while scattering six hits and three walks.<\/p>\n
Haddock and Shane Parker had two hits apiece for Jesuit.<\/p>\n
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Other area results, all Game 1:<\/p>\n
Chisholm Trail 2, Burleson 1<\/p>\n
Ennis 10, Sunset 1<\/p>\n
Lovejoy 5, Frisco Lone Star 0<\/p>\n
McKinney North 7, Frisco 2<\/p>\n
Celina 5, Life Waxahachie 0<\/p>\n
Rowlett 4, Mesquite Horn 2<\/p>\n
Flower Mound 10, South Grand Prairie 0<\/p>\n
Burleson Centennial 3,\u00a0Birdville 0<\/p>\n
Hebron 3,\u00a0Arlington Martin 1<\/p>\n
Melissa 6, Highland Park 5<\/p>\n
Keller 10, Odessa Permian 2<\/p>\n
Sunnyvale 9, Carthage 1<\/p>\n
Wolfforth Frenship 6, Byron Nelson 1<\/p>\n
Panther Creek 9, Kennedale<\/p>\n
Aubrey 5, Godley 4<\/p>\n
Rockwall 2, Waco Midway 1<\/p>\n
Midlothian Heritage 18, Woodrow Wilson 1<\/p>\n
Midland 3, Southlake Carroll 2<\/p>\n
Aledo 3, FW Paschal 0<\/p>\n
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