The RHS baseball team fell to 1-5 in District 19-3A play on Tuesday night with a hard fought 3-1 loss to rival Cameron.
“J.J. Moreno pitched outstanding tonight,” said John Hooser, Rockdale High School head baseball coach. “We bobbled the ball a couple of times and he pitched us out of trouble.
“We just didn’t get the timely hits we needed to get and (Cameron) did. We also missed a couple of bunt opportunities to help move runners that would’ve been in scoring position when the middle of the lineup was up. But we’re pretty young at the plate and we’ll get better at locating pitches.”
The game was tied at zero in the fourth when Luke Greene hit a two-run single to put the other team from Milam County ahead 2-0.
The Tigers fought back with one run in the top of the fifth, but the Yoemen answered with another run to make the score 3-1, which was the final score.
Devon Whitsel, Jackson Perry, Ryker Zinn and Dray-ton Castaneda each had one hit against Cameron’s Jason Llanas, who struck out five, walked three and allowed four hits.
Moreno struck out seven and allowed seven hits.
I’m really proud of the way our guys played,” Hooser said. “It was a really good baseball game.”
The blue-and-gold faces the Yoemen again on Friday at Tiger field. This game will close the first half of district play for Rockdale who has series with Lexington, Troy, Franklin before closing the season against McGregor, who they beat 11-3 on Tuesday, March 12. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.
ROGERS— This past Friday, the Tigers fell 6-5 to Rogers in their second game against the Eagles.
Rogers off to a fast start in the bottom of the first inning when Jayce Jones hit a one-run single. The Eagles ended the first up 3-0.
RHS fought back with one in the second and four in the third inning led by hits from Zinn, Moreno and Zac Davis, taking the lead 5-3.
Rogers scored one in the fourth and went back ahead and tied the game at five in the sixth before scoring on an error to take the lead by the final score 6-5.
The Eagles were led by Trevor Glaser from the mound, who struck out 11, walked one and allowed five hits in seven innings.
For the Tigers, Davis pitched 4.1 innings and struck out eight and allowed four hits. Jose Young took the loss in his 1.2 innings pitched. Young struck out two walked one and didn’t allow any hits.
At the plate, Perry, Whitsel, Zinn, Davis and Tyler Caldwell each had one hit against Glaser.
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