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In a weather-shorten season, the Kennedale Wildcats’ baseball team have played just 6 games, going 4-1-1. District play has started and it has not given the Cats much time to work out the kinks or to settle on the starters and the rotation. {{more}}
Despite the blowout loss at the beginning of the season to Lake Dallas (19-2), Head Coach Paul Trantham has been pleased and a little surprised by the progress of the team. He has liked what he has seen.
Kennedale opened district play during spring break with back to back wins over FTW Diamond Hill on Monday and Godley on Friday. Kennedale will play Venus and Alvarado this week. Click to see the 2015
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March 13, Godley 1-0 (W)
Steven Murchison pitched a 1-0 shutout against the Godley Wildcats last Friday evening, allowing no runs on three hits while striking out nine over seven innings. He also helped himself with the game?s lone triple and scored the only run of the game on a sacrifice by Austin Eggleston.
Kennedale had trouble finding the ball at the plate against Godley?s Hodges who allowed just 3 hits, 1 run and 1 walk in six innings of play. Kennedale?s offense was limited to Murchinson?s triple and singles by Cody Basaller, Chris Rhinehart and Shane O?Connor. Eagleson earned an RBI on the sacrifice that scored Murchison.
Kennedale played well defensively to protect the shut out. Godley flied or grounded out to O?Connor (2), Murchison (4), Eggleston (2), Cody Bosaller, Bryce Hackett (3) and TJ Aguilar (2).Godley tried rally in the top of the 7th when their first two batters reached base on a single and a walk. Facing a runners on first and third and one out, Murchison struck out the next Godley batter on a 3-2 count and ended the game with the next batter with three pitches and a strike out.
March 10, Diamond Hill 19-0 (W)
Kennedale steamrolled FtW Diamond Hill, Monday in the opening of district play on the Eagles home field. Kennedale 14 runs in the bottom of the 2nd to put the game completely out of reach early.
An RBI single by Aaron Herrera, a two-run triple by Steven Murchison, a sacrifice fly by Austin Eggleston, an RBI single by Alan Sather, a two-run single by Bryce Hackett, a hit by pitch, a sacrifice fly by Murchison, a two-run single by Eggleston, a two-run single by Shane O’Connor, and an RBI double by Bradley Woodard during the second inning fueled the Wildcats Varsity’s offense.
The Cats easily handled Diamond Hill pitching as eight hitters combined for 17 hits, 18 RBIs and 14 runs scored. Murchison racked up four RBIs on two hits for the Wildcats.
TJ Aguilar had no problem with the Diamond Hill lineup, racking up 10 strikeouts. The Wildcat pitcher gave up just four hits over five shutout innings.
March 7 South Hills 9-4 (W)
Playing at home the Wildcats struck earlier and then shutdown the Scorpions from Fort Worth South Hills after a wild first inning, winning the game 9-4 in seven.
Ten runs were scored by the two teams in the first with Kennedale settling on top by a score of 6-4. The game remained in Kennedale’s control with runs added in the 2nd and the 3rd and giving nothing to the Scorpions the rest of the game.
The Wildcats scored in the first on a two-run single by Shane O’Connor, a three-run triple by Bradley Woodard, and an RBI single by Cody Bossaller.
Woodard racked up three RBIs on two triples. O?Connor went 2-3 with 3 RBIs with one double. for the Wildcats Varsity.
Steven Murchison got the win after settling down after the first. For the game he gave up four runs on four hits with four walks and 4 errors recorded in seven innings. He struck out 4 in facing 24 batters and recorded 49 strikes in 85 pitches.
March 7 Northside 22-2 (W)
Kennedale scored 22 runs in four innings of play to defeat the FtW Northside Steers in tournament action on March 7th.
A bases loaded walk by TJ Aguilar, an RBI single by Bradley Woodard, a two-run single by Bryce Hackett, a three-run error, and an RBI single by Colton Jakibuson in the first inning and a two-run single by Aaron Herrera, a two-run triple by Steven Murchison, a two-run error, and a two-run triple by Chris Rhinehart during the second inning helped Kennedale put up runs early.
Seven Wildcats hitters combined for 15 hits, 14 RBIs and 16 runs scored. Murchison went 2-2 with 2 RBIs and one triple. Alan Sather was 1-1. Jabukinson was 3-4, one walk and 2 RBIs. Austin Eggleston was 1-2 with 1 RBI. Woodard was 2-4 with a triple and 2 RBIs. Rhinehart was 3-4 with one triple and 3 RBIs. Hackett was 3-4 with 2 RBIs and Aaron Herrera was 1-2 with 2RBIs.
For Kennedale, Brayden Sewell got the win allowing 3 hits, 2 runs, one walk on 2 errors and no strike outs. He faced 17 batters and had 25 strikes on 40 pitches.
March 5 Snyder 2-2 (Tie)
In a battle of pitchers, the Kennedale Wildcats and Snyder Tigers fought to a 2-2 tie over five innings.
For Kennedale, Austin Eggleston struck out eight batters, allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks over five innings. Synder’s pitcher had 12 strikeouts, allowed no earned runs, three hits and four walks.
The Tigers took an early lead with a run each in the 1st and 2nd innings. The Wildcats answered back in the 3rd with two runs to tie the game on a walk by Steven Murchison, a single by Austin Eggleston, a walk by Cody Bossaller with Murchinson scoring on a pass ball and then Eggleston scoring on another pass ball with Bryce Woodard up at bats.
March 3 Lake Dallas 19-1 (L)
Kennedale?s season debut was not pretty as the Wildcats got a total of five hits in a 19-1 loss to the Lake Dallas Falcons. Lake Dallas was hot from the plate, scoring 5 In the 1st, 2 in the 4th and 12 in the 6th.
Getting hits for the Wildcats were Austin Eggleston, Shane O?Connor, Colton Jabukinson and Bryce Hackett. Kennedale tried 4 pitcher with the most successful being Eggleston who held Lake Dallas hitless over 2 2/3 innings, allowing no earned runs, walking four and striking out six.
