Wildcats Baseball’s third-inning burst enough to top Castleberry, 7-0

A five-run explosion in the third inning led the Kennedale Wildcats to a 7-0 win in seven innings over Castleberry at Kennedale on Friday.

The Cats (12-5-1, 2-0) were led by a flawless day at the dish by Tyler Perez, who went 2-2 against Castleberry’s pitching. He singled in the third and fifth innings. {{more}}

Josh Taylor kept Castleberry off the board during his 6 2/3 innings of work. Josh allowed three hits, two walks and struck out eight.

Castleberry’s Eric Aquilbn was charged with the loss. He allowed seven runs in two innings, walked one and struck out one.

The lead stayed with Kennedale after the first, when they scored two runs by Aaron Williams and David Walsh after singles by Josh Taylor and Steven Murchinson.

In the third singles by Jake Michener, Taylor, Austin Eggleston, Murchinson, Perez (bunt) and a Kolton Hess walk. That would be all the Cats needed for the night.

 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
CSTL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
KNDL	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	7	9	1

Stats

Batting

2B: Josh Taylor
TB: Jake Michener, Josh Taylor 4, Austin Eggleston, Steven Murchison 2, Tyler Perez 2
RBI: Brett Hunt, Josh Taylor, Steven Murchison, Tyler Perez
ROE: Aaron Williams
SB: Aaron Williams, Jake Michener, Steven Murchison, Tyler Perez, Davis Walsh

CS: Kolton Hess

 

Pitching

W: Josh Taylor
WP: Josh Taylor
Pitches-Strikes: Josh Taylor 90-65, Davis Walsh 5-4
Groundouts-Flyouts: Josh Taylor 5-6, Davis Walsh 0-0
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Josh Taylor 17-25, Davis Walsh 1-1