The Brownwood Lions shaved a six-run deficit to one, but the Stephenville Yellow Jackets fired back with the final six runs of the game for a 15-8 victory in the District 6-4A baseball finale for both teams Monday at Howard Payne University’s Don Shepard Park.
District 6-4A champion Stephenville (8-8, 11-1) scored in every inning but one, including two runs in the sixth and fourth in the seventh after Brownwood (10-11, 6-6) had closed the gap to 9-8.
The Lions used five pitchers – Xadrian Mares, Hunter Day, Byron Foster, Atticus Porter and Gavin Brandstetter – who yielded 16 hits, issued seven walks, beaned three batters and hurled four wild pitches. Brownwood’s defense committed four errors as the Lions gave up just seven earned runs.
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Owen Huntsinger (10) was one of four Brownwood Lions with two hits in Tuesday’s win over Lampasas. [Photo by Derrick Stuckly]
In a game that featured 23 runs, 20 hits, 14 walks, 12 errors and 18 runners left on base, the Brownwood Lions emerged with a 13-10 victory over the Lampasas Badgers Tuesday night at Morris Southall Field to move to the top of the District 6-4A baseball standings.
“Starting out 2-0, you’re not supposed to complain about that but we do still have some work to do,” said Lions second-year head coach Brian Harris. “This was a good game to learn from. We had our ups and our downs and they made it a really close game there at the end, and there was a little pressure there.”