Cats beat Terry for first home win
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It plays out like a broken record, but the Blackcats sure like the sweet music.
Kevin Landgrebe pitches five strong innings, Jacob Lara closes things out for the win. It happened in the Cats first two district wins, and it happened again in Bay City’s 5-1 win over Terry (0-6) Tuesday night.
Landgrebe (4-2) scattered three singles and struck out two while Lara put donuts on the board in notching his fourth save and lowering his district-leading ERA to 0.48.
Bay City improves to 11-8 and 3-4 in district and almost assures itself of at least a playoff berth with five games remaining.
The Rangers got on the board first with two seeing-eye singles in the first inning to make it 1-0. Terry pitcher Rudy Guerra handcuffed the Cats through the first three frames, striking out five of the first nine Cats.
But Bay City found life in the fourth when A.J. Flores’ leadoff double off the right field wall and a follow-up two-bagger by D.J. Dominguez tied the score at 1-1. Landgrebe then moved Dominguez to third on a sacrifice bunt, and Austin Smith plated Dominguez on a sac-fly to right to give the Cats the lead at 2-1.
Bay City put a pair up in the fifth when an RBI-double by Flores plated Adrian Pena, who had singled with one out. Dominguez walked to put runners on the corners, and Flores scored by beating the throw at home after Dominguez was caught in a designed run-down.
The Cats made it 5-1 in the sixth when LaDarian Stone walked, stole second base, and was driven home on an RBI-single from Andrew Pena.
Bay City travels to El Campo (3-3) Friday for a 7 p.m. contest. The Ricebirds defeated the Cats 14-3 in their first meeting.
The Cats will return home Monday, April 12 for a non-district contest against the West Houston Thunder.
Foster 3 Bay City 2
Falcon starter Christian DeLeon spread five hits in seven innings of work in moving Foster (5-1) into sole possession of first place.
Foster got all their runs in the third off Blackcat starter A.J. Flores (3-3). Lara worked the final three innings, giving up only three singles.
Bay City didn’t go quietly after a sacrifice fly by Landgrebe made it 3-1 in the sixth. In the seventh, DeLeon got two quick outs, but three consecutive singles by Stone, Smith and Adrian Pena made it 3-2 and left runners at second and third.
However, DeLeon coaxed a ground out to end the threat.