8-5A Scores

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Originally posted by UpperDeck:
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Jesuit 9 8 2
Boyd 4 7 2

This was a game that had all the look and feel that Boyd was going to win. They were cruising with a 4-1 lead after 5 innings. And then in the bottom of the 6th inning, Jesuit got to the Boyd relief pitchers and before you knew it, 8 runs had come across before Boyd got an out.

Another complete game by the Jesuit starter, tonight it was deGruy. Out of the 11 district games played, 10 of the games have been a complete game by the Jesuit starters.

Bronco...hopefully you can give the deserved credit to the Boyd starting pitcher. He pitched pitched really well.

Congratulations to Jesuit for clinching the 8 5A district championship.

What a crazy game. Blake Douglas threw 5 strong innings for the Broncos. Unfortunately the wheels just fell off in the sixth. Big time congrats to the 2010 8-5A district champion Jesuit Rangers. These guys should do very well in the playoffs with the pitching depth they've got.

Bronco, you have a PM.

With Plano East's victory over Allen last night the four teams representing 8-5A in the state playoffs are set. Congrats to Jesuit, McKinney Boyd, Plano West and Plano East. Jesuit is the #1 seed but seeds 2 through 4 have yet to be determined. I'd also like to mention that my 4 preseason picks to make the playoffs all did make the playoffs . Hopefully each team will make a good run and show everybody else what a strong district 8-5A is.

Congrats to Jesuit for winning the '09-'10 baseball district title by at least two games. That is a tremendous turnaround from last year. Also, congrats to the other three teams that made the playoffs. This district should be one of the top districts in North Texas. The boys had to bring their A game for every contest in order to be successful. Let's all pull for the 8-5A temas to go deep into the playoffs.

Congrats to Jesuit on the district title, major turn around to say the least. I see 3 out of the 4 representatives going deep in playoffs with all winning at least the opening round. It's an interesting mix among these teams, West has the experience, East has the intangibles, Jesuit is loaded up and down the lineup, and Boyd... let us not forget what happened last time Coach Milam took a team into the playoffs. Time for 8-5A to do some damage!

I wish i could say it better myself. East went pretty freakin deep last year too. sucks that the districts are changing next year

With Jesuit clinching, what do the remaining games mean and to which teams? If East beats Boyd? If Boyd beats East how does that impact West? Just curious.

If Boyd beats East, Boyd and West are tied for 2nd, playoff game for 2nd and 3rd seed. If East beats Boyd, Plano West clinches 2 seed, Boyd and East would be tied for 3rd seed. Boyd and East would then play a playoff game to determine 3/4 seeds. I am assuming playoff games for the seeding but it also can be determined by a coin flip.

McKinney Boyd: 7
Plano East: 1

WP: Doug Ashby (6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2K)
LP: Arrieta

HR: Blake Douglas

Great way to finish off the regular season. Boyd and Plano West play at Allen tomorrow at 4 PM to decide who's the #2 seed and #3 seed.

Jesuit 11
Plano 1
Freimuth WP

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Boyd and Plano West play at Allen tomorrow at 4 PM to decide who's the #2 seed and #3 seed

Bronco - Is this game still on today at 4:00?

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Originally posted by LionPop:

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Boyd and Plano West play at Allen tomorrow at 4 PM to decide who's the #2 seed and #3 seed

Bronco - Is this game still on today at 4:00?

So far it is. I'm not really sure what each team's strategy is going into this game. I don't see a whole lot of difference in being the #2 or #3 seed. If each team is able to win the first round then the #2 will most likely draw Colleyville Heritage in round 2 and the #3 seed will most likely draw Flower Mound. Either way round 2 will be a challenge should both teams make it there.

McKinney Boyd: 10
Plano West: 9

WP: Alex Bruu

What an incredibly exciting game. It didn't look good early for the Broncos as West jumped out to an 8-2 lead, but Boyd put together a 7 run 5th inning capped off by a 3-run double by Blake Douglas to take a 9-8 lead. After West tied the game at 9-9 Shane Sharkey hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 7th for the win. The victory gives Boyd the #2 seed out of 8-5A with West taking the #3 seed.

Bronco Baseball, dont count FUNNELLCAKES out yet, CH , what has happened the last 2 games!!!

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Originally posted by longballs:
Bronco Baseball, dont count FUNNELLCAKES out yet, CH , what has happened the last 2 games!!!

Hey Bronco,
What Longballs is referring to is....
Marcus plays Collyville in the 1st round of playoffs. Collyville has not played well as of late and Marcus surprised some going pretty deep in the playoffs last year. Can Marcus pull of an upset of C. Heritage? Anyway, winner gets winner of Boyd and Grand Prairie I believe.

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Originally posted by ExWrangler:
Hey Bronco,
What Longballs is referring to is....
Marcus plays Collyville in the 1st round of playoffs. Collyville has not played well as of late and Marcus surprised some going pretty deep in the playoffs last year. Can Marcus pull of an upset of C. Heritage? Anyway, winner gets winner of Boyd and Grand Prairie I believe.

Ah, gotcha. It's easy to look at the brackets and say this should happen or that should happen, but obviously nothing is guaranteed for any team once the game starts.

Boyd and Grand Prairie play game 1 Thursday at Grand Prairie. Games 2 and 3 (if necessary) will be at Boyd on Saturday.

Playoff warm-up game added.

Forney @ Jesuit - 7 pm Monday

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Originally posted by hornsr1:
You beat PW once in 4 years and you think you beat them at their best.

That's two of the last two for those of you that deal in the present day.

Just wanted to point that little nugget out. Thanks.

baseball_21 or waveinator, do either of you know which pitcher is gonna get the start for Jesuit on Thursday?

Jans or deGruy, haven't heard yet.

Looks like Jans may be the choice. Coach has a deep pitching staff and has confidence in all 3 starters!! Really, i don't think it matters who they throw cause if the starter is having a little trouble he has the other two for quick and effective relief.

Jesuit 4
cedar hill 3

9 innings

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Originally posted by UpperDeck:
Jesuit 4
cedar hill 3

9 innings

I know anything can happen in the playoffs but I wasn't really expecting a close game in this one. Sounds like Cedar Hill showed up with upset on their minds. Congrats to Jesuit for moving on.

The Sophmore pitcher Caleb Hamrick was as good a pitcher as Jesuit had seen all year.(Maybe Huber)
He was gunned at 89 and got stronger as the game went on.

GO HORNS! What an exciting season for the Horns. The Horns must have had 5-6 similar exciting games all season that just didnt go their way.

Hamrick went 8 solid innnings. What an outting by this young man.

Congrats to Jesuit! Good luck!

Horns:
C. Ramos 3-4 (2b,2-rbis)
J. Reyna 2-4 (2b,run)
J. Faulkner 1-4 (2b)

Turned out to be a very good game. Jesuit jumped on top early and had a chance to put the game away early but couldn't. Cedar Hill never gave up and came back in the 6th to tie the game and capture the momentum. Great job by Jesuit not panicking and playing tough minded baseball, stepping up and winning in the bottom of the ninth. Timely and clutch hitting by the number 9 hole hitter Jack Savage for the RBI that won the game and a great performance by Jacques de Gruy to come in for relief for 2 2/3 innings, striking out 6, and allowing 1 hit and no runs. Jacques' velocity was 91 to 92 and touched 94. Great win Rangers!!

Jesuit won the opening game second round series against SouthLake Carroll 10 - 5. Jesuit dominated most of the game but SL wouldn't go away quietly and scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th. Clayton Freimuth threw a very nice game and the Jesuit bats came alive.

Way to go Rangers! Keep representing 8-5A.

Plano West 5 Flower Mound 0 top of 2nd.
Lightning delay. Rain on the way.
If rained out tonight will resume game right where they left off.

Update: Well, amazingly enough, both teams have decided to continue play this evening now that the bad weather has come and gone. Action is expected to resume at 10:10 p.m.

Top of second (continued): . It's 10:22 p.m. and Zak Adams has taken the mound for Flower Mound, replacing starter Steven Bruce. Billy McKinney digs back into the batter's box he left almost two hours ago.

from DMN blog

Bronco,

Where are you?, need an update please?

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Originally posted by hornsr1:
Bronco,

Where are you?, need an update please?

My bad, I posted the the Boyd/FM Marcus score in the 5A Area Round thread. Marcus beat us 7-2 last night. We were up 2-0 until the 5th when we committed 4 errors and Marcus took it from there. The Marcus pitcher Gill was definitely unconventional with his different arm angles and wind-ups, but he has very good stuff. Fortunately it's a 3-game series so hopefully the rain stays away.

Thanks, good luck today and keep it going for 8-5A.

Hey Bronco

Do you or does anyone know the rule if Friday and Sarurday gets rained out? I believe Sat. May 15th is deadline for Area round to be completed. If you are up 1-0 do you get the nod into the next round? What if no game have been played yet? Not the dreaded "coin flip" to see who goes on?????

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Originally posted by ExWrangler:
Hey Bronco

Do you or does anyone know the rule if Friday and Sarurday gets rained out? I believe Sat. May 15th is deadline for Area round to be completed. If you are up 1-0 do you get the nod into the next round? What if no game have been played yet? Not the dreaded "coin flip" to see who goes on?????

I'm not positive but I would think if we got rained out today then we'd try to play two games tomorrow if necessary. If today and tomorrow were to be rained out then I've heard it basically becomes a one game series, in which case Marcus would obviously advance. I'm hoping we get to settle this on the field though.

From the UIL Site http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athl..._district_packet.pdf

CERTIFICATION DATES FOR BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
May 15 Last date to determine area champions, All Conferences.

RAIN (Bad Weather) POLICY

Every effort must be made by both teams to determine the winner before the certification deadline. This includes obtaining neutral sites and securing any available field. This could mean giving up a home field advantage if another field is playable.
• If weather conditions make it impossible to determine a winner before certification, UIL must be contacted for an extension. The next round opponent(s) must also be contacted to inform them that the deadline will be extended.
• In all play-off games, suspended games shall be continued from the point of suspension at a later time.
• Extreme scheduling difficulties such as those mentioned above could result in a coin flip which would determine the representatives to the next round.
• A team completing a playoff round on Saturday or Monday cannot be required to flip for a playoff date prior to Wednesday, unless mutually agreed.
• A team completing a playoff round on Tuesday cannot be required to flip for a playoff date prior to Wednesday, unless mutually agreed.

Boyd vs. Marcus
at Prosper High School
7:30pm tonight

As of 3:00, Southlake Carroll vs. Jesuit game has been postponed until 6:00 Friday. At Jesuit

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Originally posted by funneldrill:
Boyd vs. Marcus
at Prosper High School
7:30pm tonight

Gotta LUV an all turf field on days like today.