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Plenty of slugging goin on at Gibbens Tournament

Van Wade

The Orange Leader

LITTLE CYPRESS — Balls were flying out of Don Gibbens’ Field on a routine basis Thursday in the first day of action at the Gibbens Tournament at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School.

There were 98 runs scored in the five games and 21 home runs hit.

The host Bears (2-1) dispatched Hardin-Jefferson 9-4 in their first game and fell to Hamshire-Fannett 10-9 in their second matchup.

In the win over H-J, the Bears piled up 13 hits against four Hawks pitchers.

They also picked up two home runs, one from Stefan Leger and one from Wade Estes.

Kody Smith got the win on the hill for the Bears as he worked four innings, scattering four hits while striking out three and walking three. Josh Veillon hurled the last two frames, allowing two hits and just one earned run as the Hawks scored three runs thanks to four Bear errors in the top of the sixth.

Against H-J, the Bears struck for a run in the bottom of the first when Matt Johnson, who went 3-for-4, brought home Estes on a deep double to left-centerfield.

LC-M tacked on another in the second on another double, as Tim Barry, who went 3-for-3, laced one to left to bring home Brandon Landry to make it 2-0.

LC-M poured out three runs in the third.

After Stefan Cloeren reached on a third-strike passed ball, Leger uncorked a two-run bomb over the rightfield wall, making it 4-0.

Johnson then got an infield hit, went to second on a passed ball, to third on a Dallas Brown flyout and scored on a wild pitch.

In the fourth, Hunter Gonzales and Tim Barry led off with singles and Wade Estes took a tour around the basepaths after belting a three-run home run over the rightfield wall, making it 8-0.

The Hawks got on the board in the fifth after B.K. Hatcher roped a double to left and scored on a Logan Ferguson RBI single to right.

LC-M made it 9-1 in the bottom of the frame as Gonzales was hit by a pitch and swiped second. After a Barry single, Estes ripped a single to right, driving in his fourth run by scoring Gonzales.

The Hawks took advantage of three LC-M errors to score three in the sixth with their only hit coming on a Derrick Gatreau single.

Against Hamshire, the Bears struck in a fast fashion, tallying seven runs in the bottom of the first and sending 13 batters to the plate.

Barry took the first pitch of the game for a deep moon shot over the leftfield fence for a solo homer.

After Brandon Landry reached after being hit by a pitch, Cloeren singled to left and with one out Johnson cracked a RBI single up the middle that plated Landry. Dallas Brown drew a bases-loaded walk and starting pitcher Taylor Thompson made the Longhorns pay, crushing a pitch for a line-drive grand slam homer over the leftfield wall, making it 6-0,

Shane Waddell followed with a double and Barry walked. Waddell scored on a bases-loaded walk to Cloeren, upping the margin to 7-0.

The Longhorns scraped in a run in the second after Derek Lalonde singled to left and eventually scored on a bases-loaded walk to Jeremy Pinder.

H-F tacked on two runs in the third. A Blake Rose double to center scored Lalonde, who had reached on a fielder’s choice and Rose later scored off an error after a hard grounder hit by Cory Adams.

The Bears tacked on a run in the third after Barry sliced a double to left-center and darted home off a RBI single by Leger, making it 8-3.

Thompson pitched three innings and left the bases loaded in the fourth with Longhorns as Barry took the mound. Thompson allowed four hits while striking out six and walking five.

The Longhorns would score three runs in the top half of the fourth on just one hit.

Jake Minaldi walked and Jeremy Pinder singled to right nd Taylor Eaves was hit by a Thompson pitch.

With one out, Kyle Markam plated Minaldi with a sac fly to right off Berry to make it 8-4. Lalonde then reached on an error after a sharp grounder to short as both Pinder and Eaves scored, cutting the Bear lead to 8-6.

The Bears made it 9-6 in the bottom of the fourth as Brown laced a double to center. Estes followed with a bunt single that got courtesy runner Veillon all the way home.

H-F got even quick in the top of the fifth.

Eric Ding and Minaldi led off with singles and Pinder cranked out a three-run home run over the left-centerfield wall.

After Eaves had an infield hit, Hagen Daigle reached on an error and Markam singled, the Longhorns went up 10-9 on a bases-loaded walk to Rose.

In other action at the tourney, Crosby picked up a pair of wins, downing Lufkin Hudson 12-7 and Hamshire-Fannett 15-5. Lufkin Hudson rebounded by downing H-J 16-11.

Today’s action will pit H-F vs. H-J (9 a.m.); Lufkin Hudson vs. H-F (11:30 a.m.); Crosby vs. H-J (2 p.m.); LC-M vs. Crosby (4:30 p.m.); and LC-M vs. Lufkin Hudson (7 p.m.).

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