Cross Stephens delivered a tie-breaking three-run triple in the fifth inning, then scored on a Nick Zarate single as Monterey beat No. 6 Amarillo 6-5 Friday night in a Class 5A bi-district baseball series opener at Moegle Field.
With the score tied 2-2, Monterey loaded the bases with walks to Jaxson Aleman and Andrew Garcia sandwiched around a single by Jerimiah Villarreal. Stephens’ triple to left came with two outs, and Zarate’s base hit made it 6-2.
Amarillo rallied in the seventh with a run-scoring single by Bryson Slaughter, a sacrifice fly by Davien Berry and a two-out RBI triple from Cayden Phillips. But Monterey reliever Ivan Munoz got Tristan Curless on a groundout to first to end it.
Jackson Jolly worked the first six innings for the Plainsmen, allowing two runs on four hits and five walks. He struck out four.
Ryan Quintanilla singled twice and scored in Monterey’s two-ru
Amarillo hosts the remainder of the series beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Lubbock-Cooper 13-16
Amarillo Tascosa 3-3
WOODROW — Jude Cook struck out 11 over six innings and No. 2 Lubbock-Cooper erupted for 13 unanswered runs in the last three innings to beat Amarillo Tascosa and sweep a Class 5A bi-district series in two games.
Teige Mitchell went 2 for 5 with two runs batted in and two scored for the Pirates (28-4), and Cutter Douglas went 2 for 5 with two RBI and a run scored. Trevor Browning had two hits and Kaleb Scull scored three times.
It was 3-3 before Cooper put together a six-run fifth, touched by an RBI triple by Mitchell and a run-scoring single from Holt Gibson. Cook had a two-run single in the inning.
Cooper won the opener 13-3 with leadoff batter Cade Bingham going 3 for 4 with four RBI and Kyler Jordan going 3 for 4 and scoring twice. The Pirates got two RBI apiece from Cook and Gibson.
Cooper will play El Paso Hanks in the area round.
Frenship 11
EP Americas 7
FORT STOCKTON — Frenship broke open a tie game with a seven-run fourth inning, highlighted by a pair of bases-loaded walks and Coldon Kiser’s two-run single, and held on to beat El Paso Americas in a Class 6A bi-district series opener.
Brock Rogers and Evan Johnson drew bases-loaded walks, breaking a 3-3 tie, and Kiser’s base hit increased the Tigers’ lead to 7-3. Barrett Workman added a run-scoring infield single and later scored on a wild pitch, making it 10-3.
Johnson scored three runs and Jake Sherrard two.
The series concludes beginning at noon Saturday.
Randall 16
Coronado 14
A.J. Lucero and Kaleb Dudding drove in three runs apiece and Randall outlasted Coronado in a back-and-forth Class 5A bi-district series opener at O’Banion Field.
Randall rallied from a 6-1 deficit to a 13-7 lead, and then answered after Coronado cut it to 13-12. Dudding’s three-run double put the Raiders ahead 7-6 in a seven-run third.
Coronado’s Layden White went 3 for 4 with a home run and five runs batted in, and Ben Tadlock drove in three runs with a triple and an RBI groundout.
With Coronado trailing 13-7 in the fifth, White unloaded a three-run homer, Jett Carroll came home on a balk and Tadlock’s groundout made it 13-12. With the Mustangs down 16-12 in the seventh, Sawyer Robertson and White delivered RBI doubles.
Randall hosts the remainder of the series beginning at noon Saturday.
Shallowater 12
Dalhart 1
SHALLOWATER — Huston Briseno had a pair of run-scoring singles and a sacrifice fly and Shallowater scored in all five innings to run-rule Dalhart in the opener of a best-of-three Class 3A bi-district baseball series.
Chase Blackburn went 3 for 4, scoring twice, and Beau Brockman went 2 for 3, scored three runs and hit a game-ending two-run double in the bottom of the fifth. Kohle Kerin came through with a two-run single that made the score 5-0 in the second inning.
The Mustangs lofted four sacrifice flies, two by Brooks Carter.
Shallowater starting pitcher Breken Ramos went four innings, allowing a run on four hits and striking out five.
The series’ second game is scheduled for noon Saturday at Dalhart with a third game, if necessary, to follow.
Abernathy 12
River Road 0
LOCKNEY — Abernathy scored eight runs in the first inning, capped by a two-run double from Jaden Zavala and a three-run homer from Kaeleb Carrillo, and rolled over Amarillo River Road in a Class 3A bi-district series opener.
Jess Hoel pitched a five-inning complete game for Abernathy, striking out six and allowing five hits. He singled home two runs in the third inning, making the score 10-0, and the Antelopes added two in the fourth on a Landry Thornton sacrifice fly and a Levi Carrillo RBI single.
Game 2 of the series is scheduled for noon Saturday with a third game, if necessary, afterward.
Denver City 10, Presidio 2
MONAHANS — Taylor Sellers threw a two-hit complete game with 12 strikeouts and Eric Estrada drove in four runs as Denver City won its Class 3A bi-district series opener with Presidio.
Estrada cracked a three-run double in the third inning that gave Denver City a 4-0 lead and had an RBI groundout in the fourth.
Game 2 in the best-of-three series is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday.
Lamesa 9, Alpine 3
ALPINE — Christian Ruiz struck out 10 in a complete game and Lamesa rallied for five runs in the fifth inning and four in the seventh to win its Class 3A bi-district series opener with Alpine.
Bucks pitcher Brady Crump had a 2-0 shutout through four innings before Lamesa broke through in the fifth. Noah Vera drew a bases-loaded walk, Joshua Marquez hit a go-ahead two-run single and Dylan Lozano followed with a two-run double.
Lozano doubled home the first of the four runs in the seventh.
Lozano finished 3 for 4. Cam Diaz and Marquez had two hits apiece.
Ruiz limited the Bucks to five hits and walked four.
Lamesa hosts the remainder of the series beginning at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Abilene Wylie 9-5
Plainview 1-1
LAMESA — Brooks Gay threw a five-hit complete game and Abilene Wylie broke a tie with four runs in the seventh inning to beat Plainview 5-1 and sweep a Class 5A bi-district series.
Jackson Hansen, Garrett Graham, Landon Williams and Reed Hughes drove in a run apiece for Wylie, which went into the seventh tied 1-1.
Gay struck out five and walked one. Plainview got two hits from Caleb Lusk, and Kylar Blankenship drove in the lone run with a double that tied it 1-1 in the fifth.
Abilene Wylie advances to the area round to face the winner of El Paso Andress and El Paso Del Valle.
In Friday’s series opener, Dash Albus and Grayson Bearden combined on four-hit pitching and Hansen went 3 for 4 with two runs batted in and two scored as Abilene Wylie beat Plainview 9-1.
Wylie leadoff batter Balin Valentine went 2 for 3 with a solo homer and three runs scored.
Albus struck out four over 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run on four hits. Bearden got the last two outs.
Ralls 10, Ropes 7
Sergio Salinas went 3 for 4 with an inside-the-park home run and three runs batted in, leading Ralls past Ropes in a bi-district series opener at Lubbock High’s Westerner Field.
Steven Salazar broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth with an RBI single. Salinas delivered Salazar with his inside-the-park homer on a ball to right field.
Michael Salazar and Ryan Garcia touched off a six-run fifth with RBI doubles, the outburst also including run-scoring singles from Sergio Salinas, Kutter Bartlett and Kaden Laminack.
Kaden Bryan, Branson Beck and Logan Delgado had two hits apiece for Ropes, and Garrett Gilliam hit a two-run double in a six-run sixth.
The series resumes with Game 2 at 11 a.m. Saturday and a third game would follow if necessary.
