KFDM COOP Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 Cardinals take two in rain-prone tourney Gabe Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — Only two games have been played at the Bridge City Cardinals’ Athletic Booster Club Tournament and the host team has won them both. Rain washed out Thursday and much of Friday was the same but not before the Cardinals grabbed two wins. The second game was not even close as Bridge City moved to 11-2-1 on the year with a 16-0 pounding of the Beaumont Central Jaguars. The first inning was a brutal one for the Jaguars (0-8) as the Cardinals scored 13 runs on four hits with four Central errors and seven walks. Two Cardinals also got hit by a pitch. Central starting pitcher Keonis Brazier threw 76 pitches in the first inning. The Cardinals did not record a hit in the first inning until Luke Rhodes hit a single, in his second at bat of the game. Twelve batters had been to the plate before Rhodes singled and the score was already 8-0. Blake Snyder had Bridge City’s second hit of the game after Dylan Mulhollan reached on a walk. Snyder took the first pitch he saw from Brazier over the right-center field fence for a three run home run to make it 13-0. The Cardinals batted around twice in the first inning and the score was still 13-0. Bridge City made it 14-0 after the second inning. Matt Hicks led off with a double to left field would later come in to score on an error. Hicks then drove in Blake Hubbard in the bottom of the third to make it 15-0. Hubbard had reached on a single to right. Jared Raggio scored the Cardinal’s final run of the night after singling and scoring on a Central error. Forrest Zoch pitched all three innings for the Cardinals and gave up two hits and on walk. Zoch struck out seven of the 11 batters he faced. The Cardinals earlier on Friday defeated the Lumberton Raiders 7-3. Hicks was 1-for-3 in the game with two RBI, a double, two runs and two stolen bases. Rhodes was also 1-for-3 with a run and a double while Hubbard was 1-for-1 with a run. Eric Matthews scored a run while Dustin Breaux finished 1-for-2 with a run. Grant Encalade had two RBI. The tournament will feature two games Saturday. Central will face Lumberton at 10 a.m. and then the Raiders and Cardinals will face off at 12:30 p.m.
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