*Bridge City 2 vs. Silsbee 1 Final/Tuesday*

[TigerMom]

Those were the starters.........just don't know if they finished or not.

Both pitchers threw entire game.  Great game.  Congrats to both teams.

[j_dog]

Both pitchers threw entire game.  Great game.  Congrats to both teams.

Second that! 

[kem up 10]

Stringer had 15 k's

[Critter]

Way to go BC, Great game.

[TXBaseball]

Stringer had 15 k's

Great Job Jeffery!  Keep on throwing!

[Ty Cobb]

What a game.  Great pitching performances by Schooling and Stringer.  

Schooling:  6 hits  3 walks  11 K's  2 runs

Stringer:  5  hits  3 walks  15 K's  1 run

 

[2]

Good Job Jeff!!!!!!

[BC28in80]

What was wrong with the umpires?  Were they calling too many strikes or not calling enough? The pitchers combined for 26 strikeouts so I am interested in whether or not they are that good - which I think they are - or are the numbers  inflated due to bad calls.  Somebody that saw the game give me some feedback!

[Guest bcboy31]

all i know is they were bad in both the jv and varsity games

[Mike_Mustang]

On a couple of occasions when the catcher has to dive out to catch the ball and it is called a strike, that may answer your question.  It was called consistently for both sides but not by the book.  I thought Silsbee blew a golden opportunity when they had runners at 2nd & 3rd with the #4 hitter up and tried a squeeze play with 2 strikes, I believe with 1 or no outs.  He fouled it back for a strikeout.  Don't understand the thinking there.

[Southpaw]

On a couple of occasions when the catcher has to dive out to catch the ball and it is called a strike, that may answer your question.  It was called consistently for both sides but not by the book.  I thought Silsbee blew a golden opportunity when they had runners at 2nd & 3rd with the #4 hitter up and tried a squeeze play with 2 strikes, I believe with 1 or no outs.  He fouled it back for a strikeout.  Don't understand the thinking there.

The coach was just trying to make something happan, With the ump's and good pitching by Stringer he was trying to get some runs.

[BigTuna]

Sounds like a great game by both teams.  Good luck to the Tigers and Cards! 

[BIG CAT]

They both had nasty off speed pitches working in full force.

[BIG CAT]

The one thing that killed Silsbee was leaving to many guys on 2nd and 3rd.

[Ty Cobb]

The one thing that killed Silsbee was leaving to many guys on 2nd and 3rd.

I agree with you.  Silsbee stranded 10 runners.

[shs85]

Great game by both teams, BC made the plays to win and Silsbee didn't!!

This district should be the one to watch this year!!

Alot of good teams from top to bottom!!

Who wants it the most???

[Mike_Mustang]

The 2 strike squeeze is not high percentage play, especially with the clean-up hitter up.  My personal opinion is, no pun intended, it is suicide, not a make something happen play.  A properly placed Ground ball or flyball gets the run in.  Just make contact!!!!

[retiredoldcoach]

From what I can tell by reading about the game I like the coaches attempt to make something happen.

I am assuming that when someone wrote that the squeeze was with one or no outs that it was actually with one out.  I don't think the coach tried to squeeze with no outs.

It sounds like they had already stranded a lot of runners.  It also sounded like the other pitcher had struck out quite a few hitters.  The coach gave the kid two strikes to hit the runners in and then in desperation tried a squeeze.

There are many other factors that could have come into play when making the bold decision that he made.

Maybe the four hole hitter had already struck out two or three times.  Maybe the four hole hitter is a good bunter and if he just at minimum fouls the pitch off, it would then be in the hands of the five hole guy.

Maybe the five hole hitter was not the guy that he wanted to put his team's success on the line with.

I applaud the gutzy call from the Silsbee Coach. 

So to you caoch, good job at having the guts to do what you thought you had to do to help your kids win.  I salute you.

ROC

[East TX]

Congratulation to Jeff Stringer and the Cardinals.  Stringer gave up less hits and had more strikeouts--the best Pitcher usually leads his team to a win!