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Bobcatfan4life's Story!!!! Bobcats rally to stump Silsbee Mark Marshall The Orange Leader ORANGEFIELD â€” The Orangefield Bobcats faced all kinds of adversity over the last few days but did what they had to do to take a crucial 7-6 win over the Silsbee Tigers in a game that started last Friday. The game was stopped because of bad weather Friday night with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and a Bobcat runner on third base and Silsbee leading 5-4. The game picked up Monday afternoon at that point but Kyle Fontenot struck out to end the inning with Silsbee still up 5-4 going to the seventh. In the top of the seventh Silsbee would up their lead to 6-4 when Chase Kelly ripped an RBI double to center field to score Rodney Massey. Orangefield (18-8, 5-3) fought back in the bottom of the seventh. Josh Watson led off with a pop up to second base but the ball was lost in the sun and dropped and Watson was able to reach base. The next two batters struck out before Jonathan Deramus sent a pitch deep into right center field to score Watson from first and making the score 6-5 Tigers. Silsbee then intentionally walked Jacob Felts to get to Chase Angelle. Angelle would make them pay as he hammered a Lance Brown offering to deep center field as Deramus and Felts came in to score and give the Bobcats a huge 7-6 win. With Silsbee (8-13, 2-6) leading 5-2 the Bobcats scratched for 2 runs in the bottom of the sixth before the game was halted to make it 5-4. Angelle and Zach Peevey had back to back singles and then Quinton Evans brought them home on a RBI triple. After the game head Coach Jeff Bennett was proud of the effort put forth by his Bobcats. â€œThese kids have battled all year to get to this pointâ€ said Bennett. â€œI talked to my coaches before the game today and we felt like they would walk Felts if the situation came up. They did and Angelle came up huge for us. This win is big because of how tight the playoff race is coming down the stretch. I told the kids to enjoy this win today but realize we have to turn around and play Bridge City tomorrow.â€ Brock Whitson started the game on the mound for the Bobcats and allowed just 1 run through 5 1/3 innings. Lance Brown went the distance for the Tigers and gave up 7 runs on 8 hits. The win puts Orangefield one game ahead of WO-S (4-4 in district) with 2 games to go in the regular season. The Bobcats will travel to rival Bridge City tonight before hosting the Mustangs for senior night Friday in a game that should have huge playoff implications.

April 20, 2009
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LCM vs Nederland Updates...4-2 Nederland Wins!!!

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Nederland outlasts Bears, 4-2 Cody Pastorella The Orange Leader NEDERLAND â€” Behind five strong innings from starting pitcher Josh Dean and two dominate innings from Kirby Bellow, the Nederland Bulldogs held off the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears 4-2 on Monday night. The Dogs scored four runs on for hits off LC-M's Shane Waddell in the first inning. Nederland would go on record three more hits but the only ones that mattered came in the first. The Bears finally got to Dean in the fourth inning, as the senior right hander seemed to be running low on gas. Dean started the inning by striking out Matt Johnson for a second time but then Taylor Thompson reached first on an error. Two batters later, with two outs, Wade Estes drew a walk to give LC-M runners at first and second. Scott Vaughan then singled in Thompson from second on a bloop fly ball to right field. Dean got out of that inning when he forced Waddell into a ground out to third, leaving two Bears stranded. LC-M left seven runners on base for the game, including one in each of the fifth and sixth innings. After Thompson cut the game to 4-1 in the fourth, Stefan Cloeren got the Bears going in the fifth inning with a two-out double, LC-M's fifth and last hit of the ball game. Cloeren moved to second on a walk and then two wild pitches from Dean brought the senior shortstop around to score, trimming the game to 4-2. Dean started the sixth inning with walking LC-M's Stefan Leger, who led the inning off. That's when Nederland head coach Cody Robbins decided to bring in Kirby Bellow, who struck out the first two batters he faced and then induced a fly ball for the final out, leaving Leger stranded at first. Bellow retired the Bears in order in the seventh, claiming two more strike out victims before completing his second save of the season. He struck out four total and did not allow a hit or a base runner in his two innings of work. Dean received the win. He allowed five hits, walked three and struck out seven. Only one of the two runs on his watch were earned. Dean and Bellow also had one hit apiece with both hits coming off LC-M reliever Taylor Thompson, who took over for Waddell after the third inning. Waddell suffered the loss. Although he continued to struggle with his location, Waddell's only trouble came in the first. Jordan Pitts started the Dogs off in that inning with an infield single that went off Waddell's glove, tricking Vaughan at second base. Pitts moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and then Nick Cardenas singled back up the box to score Pitts. Trey Terracina then reached on an error and moved to second after Jude Vidrine drew a walk. Still with one out, Vidrine and Terracina (the decisive run) each scored on a single by Cody Laird. With two outs, Trevin Sonnier provided the Dogs with their fourth hit of the inning but it proved to be fruitless, as Waddell caught Dean looking to end the inning. Sonnier was the only player for either team to record multiple hits. He singled in the sixth inning with one out and then moved to second after Stephen Schlett drew a walk with two outs. Nederland left both those runners stranded. The Dogs left six on base for the game. Nederland struck out seven of the 10 batters who made a plate appearance on Monday. There were 11 victims overall and only two spots in the order that did not go down on strikes. Thompson, Waddell and Brown, who replaced Waddell in the lineup, were the only players to not strikeout. Thomson picked up the Bears first hit, which came in the second inning with one out. Wade Estes added a second hit in that inning but that one came with two outs and then Dean got a grounder to short to end the threat. With the win, Nederland improves to 13-7 overall and a District 20-4A best 9-1 record. The Dogs, which have won eight straight, also completed the season sweep over the Bears with Monday's victory. Nederland will travel to Beaumont to face Central today at 4:30 p.m. and then will meet the Lions in Livingson on Friday. LC-M, meanwhile, falls to 8-2 in league play and will play host to Livingston today and then head to Vidor on Friday. The result of Monday's game may very well have decided the district champion, something Nederland has not done since 2005. There are just four games remaining on the season and Nederland has already beaten everyone left on its schedule.