Tigers Slip By Post
Published March 22, 2012 @ 8:08 p.m.
SLATON - The Antelopes were tied with the Slaton Tigers going into the seventh and final inning when Slaton was able to muster a run in the bottom frame to win the District 3-2A game, 9-8, this past Tuesday.
The Lopes took the lead in the fifth inning 6-5 and added two more in the sixth then the Tigers tied the game at 8 by the end of the inning.
Seniors Jacob Perez and Matt Soto produced at the plate for Post. Perez was three-for-three and Soto two-for-four. Sophmore Campbell Kirkpatrick had a crucial hit late in the game for two RBIs.
Post was trying to rebound from a loss at Forsan, 11-1, a week earlier.
The Lopes are now 1-2 in district play after the Slaton game and 3-9 for the season.
The junior varsity Antelopes picked up a road wins at Forsan on March 13 and at Slaton behind the pitching of Carson Kirkpatrick making the JV undefeated with three wins in district. Kirkpatrick, too, is 3-0 on the mound.
Both boys teams will be in action Saturday against Roosevelt at Norm Cash Field with the varsity game at 12:00 noon followed by the JV game.
B O X S C O R E S
SLATON 9, POST 8 (3/20/12)
Boys Var. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H
Post – 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 8 10
Slaton – 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 9
Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
Blair ss 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jones c 5 1 1 0 0 3
Perez 1b 3 3 3 0 0 0
Gill 3b 3 2 1 2 1 0
Kirkpatrick rf 4 0 1 2 0 1
Diaz p 3 1 1 1 0 1
Babb lf 3 0 0 0 0 1
Soto cf 4 1 2 1 0 0
Pearson 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0
Erives ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 8 10 7 1 6
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Diaz 5 6 5 4 4 5
Jones 3 1 4 4 7 2
TOTALS 7 9 8 11 7
FORSAN 11, POST 1 (3/13/12)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R
Post 0 0 1 0 0 x x 1
Forsan 1 0 5 2 3 x x 11
LP - Dale Diaz, 2-1