Hondo Anvil Herald

Hondo opens bi-district series with Poteet

 

     Hondo baseball concluded its regular season last Wednesday, April 22, with a Senior Night win at Bridges Field. Delayed a day because of substantial rain occurring last weekend, the Owls jumped on Cotulla quickly, racing to a 15-1 win in five innings.

Adding a warmup game to the schedule on Friday, April 24, the Owls traveled to Orange Grove, where they came up a run short in eight innings, 4-3.

     This week, Hondo opens play in the postseason, with a 3A-Division 1 bi-district series against Poteet.

    The Owls (20-7-2) will take on the Aggies (9-15) in a series played at the Harlandale ISD’s Tejeda Field. Play begins Thursday, April 30, with a 5 p.m. doubleheader. If a third game is necessary, it will be played Saturday, May 2, at 4 p.m.

     Wednesday, leading 5-0 after two innings, the Owls stepped on the gas, scoring six times in the third, then finishing with a four-run fourth. The Cowboys, limited to just two hits on the night, scored an unearned run in the top of the fifth.

Derek Elizondo worked the first three innings on the mound, with an inning of relief from both Anthony Garza and Josiah Quintanilla. Elizondo also led the Owls with thiree hits and three RBI. Jaxson Williams was 2-for-4 and drove in three, while Joby Pimentel had a two-run double in the third. Quintanilla and Layton Pope both had two hits.

     Friday at Orange Grove, the Bulldogs scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at 3-3, then pushed another run across with two outs in the eighth to win it.

     OG took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth, but the Owls rallied to go up 3-2 in the top of the sixth.

     Mason Barr had two of Hondo’s six hits. Five Hondo pitchers combined to limit OG to five hits for the night.

     All bi-district pairings are set for teams from District 28-3A. Crystal City will take on Marion in a Wednesday-Friday series at Tejeda, Lytle will face Great Hearts-Northern Oaks in a series at Somerset, and Natalia will go up against Jourdanton.