Lockney Longhorns logo (courtesy LISD)
LOCKNEY – Senior Austin Rodriguez established a reputation of being “Mr. Clutch” in basketball with his fourth quarter free-throw shooting. You can now add Rodriguez of being “Mr. Clutch” in baseball after Monday night’s walk-off RBI single to centerfield in the bottom of 7th inning that brought Pablo Morales home and a 4-3 win over the Clarendon Bronchos. It was the first win of the season for Lockney (1-2).
Ironically, Morales scored the winning run and became the winning pitcher. Morales threw a complete game by allowing three runs on four hits, four walks and recorded a solid eight strikeouts. It
Morales first win of the season on the mound. He suffered a disappointing loss to Amarillo San Jacinto by a 2-1 score in the season opener despite hurling a no-hitter.
Morales added offense for Lockney by hitting a RBI triple and a slapped a single. Nathan Cineceros also had a good night at the plate hitting a solo homerun and a single. Dyllan Thiebaud also had a multi-hit game with a double and a single.
Lockney out hit Clarendon 9-4 for the game. The Broncos had one extra base with Caudle hitting a double.
CLARENDON – 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 – 3 4 1
LOCKNEY – 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 – 4 9 3
WP – Pablo Morales (1-1), LP – Hatley
record: Lockney (1-2), Clarendon (0-1)
Lockney stats:
HR – Nathan Cineceros
Triple – Pablo Morales
Doubles – Dylann Thiebaud, Morris Salas
Singles – Cineceros, Damion Gonzales, Morales, Austin Rodriguez, Malaki Alvis, Thiebaud
RBI – Morales, Rodriguez, Thiebaud, Cineceros
Runs scored – Cineceros (2), Rodriguez, Morales
NEXT: will play 3-games in the Hale Center Tournament Thursday-Saturday, March 3-5.
(Thursday) – West Texas Stinnett at 1pm; (Friday) – Tahoka at 3pm;
(Saturday) – Seagraves at 3pm
