Frenship finishes District 4-4A with loss
• Coming up: Frenship has secured a spot in the playoffs. The opponent and game times are to be determined.
• Record: 18-13 (6-2 in district)
• Looking Back: Frenship lost its second District 4-4A game to Estacado, 6-5, Tuesday at Tiger Field.
• Estacado scored early when Aubie Davila reached first base on a single back to the pitcher. Marcus Flores was hit by an Aaron Wampler pitch in the next at bat. Davila and Flores executed a double steal to move to second and third. Kyle Porras hit a two-RBI single before getting thrown out stealing second base.
• Estacado scored two more runs in the second inning.
• Frenship answered back in the bottom half of the inning when Brian Matthews reached on a lead off single to center field. John Swope was hit by a pitch in the next at bat and Taylor Read hit a bunt single to load the bases. Jordan Richburg followed with a sacrifice fly to right field to score Matthews. Chris Van Gilder then hit into a double play from home to first to end the inning.
• Clay Lyons made his way around the bases to score in the bottom of the third inning, making the score 4-3.
• Estacado earned a run in the top of the fourth, but Frenship answered with a run of its own in the fifth inning from Van Gilder.
• Frenship tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning when Lyons hit a high chopper between first and second base. Jordan Castillo knocked the ball down deep at second, but Lyons beat the throw to first to score Read and Richburg.
• Wampler retired three consecutive batters in the top of the seventh inning.
• Estacado regained the lead in the top of the eighth inning and Frenship was unable to score during its half.
• Batting avg.: Clay Lyons .451, Nick Hanslik .422, Trey Whaley .404.
• Home runs: Nick Hanslik 5, Jordan Richburg 3, Tyler Lloyd 1, John Swope 1.
• Stolen bases: Trey Whaley 14, Clay Lyons 11, Nick Hanslik 11, Taylor Read 11.
• ERA: Aaron Wampler 3.07, Aaron Cannon 4.46, Lance Ratliff 4.75.
• Strikeouts: Aaron Wampler 45, Aaron Cannon 33, Lance Ratliff 17.
Schedule/Results
Feb. 19 @Levelland W, 7-0
Feb. 21 Austin Anderson L, 5-11
Feb. 21 RR Stoney Point L, 1-11
Feb. 22 RR McNeil W, 8-7
Feb. 22 Judson L, 6-7
Feb. 22 Austin High W, 5-4
Feb. 26. Andrews W, 9-2
Feb. 28 Grapevine L, 2-12
Feb. 29 Odessa High L, 0-10
Feb. 29 Monterey L, 5-12
Mar. 1 Garland Lake View Centennial W, 6-2
Mar. 5 Lubbock High W, 15-4
Mar. 7 EP Franklin W, 8-5
Mar. 7 Lubbock High W, 8-4
Mar. 8 Odessa W, 8-7
Mar. 8 Amarillo High W, 10-5
Mar. 11 Coronado L, 8- 15
Mar. 14 @Amarillo High W, 10-2
Mar. 15 Monterey L, 2-3
Mar. 19 Cooper W, 18-5
Mar. 20 @ Cooper L, 6-7
Mar. 25 Lake View W, 10-5
Mar. 28 @ Plainview* W, 14-9
April 1 @Big Spring* W, 4-1
April 4 @Canyon Randall L, 11-14
April 8 Estacado* W, 7-6
April 11 @ Lake View W, 15-12
April 15 Plainview* L, 1-2
April 18 Big Spring* W, 11-0
April 22 Estacado* L, 5-6
*District 4-4A game