Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Bulldogs outlast Paris to wrap up No. 1 seed...

Bulldogs outlast Paris to wrap up No. 1 seed

j. hinojosa
d. allday

PARIS, Texas—Mission accomplished.

In a game that took more than a month to complete, Texarkana College wrapped up the East Zone’s No. 1 seed in the upcoming Region XIV tournament by outlasting Paris Junior College, 14-8, Tuesday at Hub Hollis Field.

The win boosted TC’s overall record to 36-13, and its conference mark to 20-8, tying the Bulldogs with Panola College for first place. But since Texarkana won the season series from Panola 3-1, the Bulldogs receive the top seed from the East. They will play Galveston College, the fourth seed from the South Zone, in the first round of the tournament that opens May 9 at Blinn College in Brenham.

Tuesday’s game actually started March 25 but was suspended in the fifth inning with TC holding an 8-2 lead. Both teams had identical scoring innings of two runs in the eighth and four runs in the ninth when the game resumed.

David Allday, who had homered in the original game, his second of the game with a runner aboard in the eighth. The Bulldogs first baseman finished with four hits in six at-bats, driving in seven runs.

Joaquin Hinojosa was 5 for 6, including a double and triple and four runs batted in. John Stilson had a double and single, and Austin Atwell, Brian Ellis and Gip Hendrix two singles each in the Bulldogs’ 20-hit attack.

Tanner Bailey, who originally started the game, went back to the mound at the restart and pitched through the eighth inning to record his eighth win in nine decisions. Colton Reavis pitched the ninth.

The Bulldogs were originally scheduled to play a home game against Arkansas Baptist College on Tuesday, but it was put on hold for the makeup game with Paris. TC coach Will Bolt said he will try to reschedule Arkansas Baptist over the weekend.

j. hinojosa


Texarkana College 341 000 024 — 14 20 1

Paris Junior College 002 000 024 — 8 13 1

Tanner Bailey, Colton Reavis (9) and Jordy Snikeris. Zach Remlinger, Taylor Robichau (3), Chase McCain (5), Matt Zapata (8) and Brian Wuest. WP-Bailey (8-1). LP-Remlinger. HR: TC-David Allday, 1st, 2 on; Allday, 8th, 1 on; PJC-Jordan Easom, 9th, 1 on.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Paris in progress game will be played Tuesday...

The in progress game vs. Paris will be played at Paris Tuesday, April 28th @ 2:30 & will start in the 5th inning TC up 8-2.

Texarkana College sweeps Lon Morris...

Texarkana College sweeps Lon Morris

JACKSONVILLE, Texas—The Texarkana Bulldogs kept their chances alive for the No. 1 seed in the regional tournament with a sweep of Lon Morris Sunday in Region XIV action.

The Bulldogs took the opening game of the twin bill, 10-0, behind a strong pitching performance from John Stilson. In the second game, Texarkana College used a 6-run fifth inning to claim an 8-4 victory. TC improves to 34-13 overall and 19-8 in region action.

Stilson hurled a complete-game shutout and gave up just six hits while fanning seven in the first game.

Jake Rogers’ 2-out grand slam home run in the seventh inning completed the scoring for the Bulldogs. Rogers finished with five RBI on the day.

Trey Buck and Brian Ellis each had a double, and Jordy Snikeris added a 2-run double. Lance Marvel added a pair of hits and an RBI.

In the nightcap, Snikeris drove in four runs on a pair of hits, including a double. David Allday and Joaquin Hinojosa each had two hits and an RBI, and Rogers finished with a triple and a single. Ellis contributed a pair of hits, including a double.

Texarkana looks to secure the top seed Tuesday when they travel to Paris to complete a rain-delayed game, which the Bulldogs lead 8-2 in the fifth inning. A win would give TC the one seed as they hold a 3-1 edge in head-to-head competition over the Panola Ponies, who finished the season with a 20-8 mark in region play.



First Game

Texarkana College 000 104 5 — 10 9 0

Lon Morris 000 000 0 — 0 6 1

John Stilson and Jordy Snikeris. Dustin Wyble, Clay Hamblett (5) and Steven Wostal. WP-Stilson. LP-Wybel. HR: TC-Jake Rogers, 7th inning, three on.



Second Game

Texarkana College 001 061 000 — 8 13 3

Lon Morris 003 100 000 — 4 8 1

Justin Fowler, Shane Cole (5), Joaquin Hinojosa (9) and Jordy Snikeris and Lance Marvel (5). Justin Davis, Matthew Hamilton (4), Jake Flowers (6) and Carlos Gonzalez. WP-Cole. LP-Justin Davis.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Updated Spring Schedule

Overall 37-13-1 Conference 20-8
Texarkana College Baseball

2009 Spring Schedule

tcbulldogbaseball.blogspot.com


February

7

Temple

Texarkana, TX

2pm

L, W

8

Eastern Oklahoma

Texarkana, TX

2pm

W,W

12

Galveston JC

Lufkin HS

1pm

W

13

Grayson*

Brenham, TX

5:30pm

L

13

Blinn*

Brenham, TX

8pm

L

14

Wharton*

Brenham, TX

3pm

W

14

Navarro*

Brenham, TX

5:30pm

W

20

Coffeyville

Texarkana, TX

4pm

W

21

Coffeyville

Texarkana, TX

noon

W, W

22

Coffeyville

Texarkana, TX

noon

W

24

Eastern Oklahoma

Wilburton, OK

noon

W, W

28

Meredian & Northeast OK

Shreveport, LA (BPCC Field)

2pm & 5pm

L, W

March

1

Northeast OK & Weatherford

Shreveport, LA (BPCC Field)

10am & 1pm
L, W

6


Chipola College


Baton Rouge, LA (Southern University)


noon


W,T

11

Panola

Carthage, TX

1pm

W, L

14

Navarro

Corsicana, TX

1pm

L, L

18

Northeast

Mt. Pleasant, TX

1pm

W, W

21

BPCC

Shreveport, LA

1pm

W, W

25

Paris

Paris, TX

1pm

L,IP

28

Angelina

Lufkin, TX

1pm

L, W

30

Tyler

Tyler, TX

2pm

W

April

1

Lon Morris

Texarkana, TX

1pm

W, W

4

Panola

Texarkana, TX

1pm

W, W

8

Navarro

Texarkana, TX

1pm

L, W

10

Northeast

Texarkana, TX

1pm

L, W

13

Tyler

CANCELED

2pm


15

BPCC

Texarkana, TX

1pm

W, L

20

Paris

Texarkana, TX

1pm

W, W


Brookhaven

CANCELED

2pm


22

Angelina

Texarkana, TX

1pm

W, W

26

Lon Morris

Jacksonville, TX

1pm

W, W

28

May

2

9-13

Paris


Ark Baptist

Region XIV Tournament

Paris, TX


Texarkana, TX

Brenham, TX

2pm


noon


W


W


Saturday, April 25, 2009

Lon Morris game moved to Sunday @ 1:00...

The Lon Morris game will be played at Jacksonville High School @ 1:00 on Sunday, April 26th.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

2009 Division I Region 14 Tournament...

Site: Blinn College, Brenham, Tex.

Date: May 9-12, 2009

Schedule TBA

TC clips Roadrunners’ wings...

TC clips Roadrunners’ wings

Doubleheader sweep puts Texarkana in second in East


Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Texarkana College’s John Stilson doesn’t make it to first base before the throw to Angelina College’s Chase Hernandez on Wednesday at George Dobson Field. The Roadrunners dropped the doubleheader, 14-6, 15-5, continuing a losing streak at Dobson that began in 2001.
Wednesday’s Region XIV doubleheader at George Dobson Field was the latest reminder why Angelina College dreads making its annual trip to Texarkana.

The Roadrunners, who haven’t won at Dobson since 2001, will no doubt have that same feeling of trepidation next year after dropping 14-6 and 15-5 decisions to Texarkana College, which moved into second place behind Panola College in the East Zone standings. Panola (19-7) swept league-leading Navarro College (16-8), 9-2 and 5-2, Wednesday.

The Bulldogs (32-13, 17-8) overcame a 7-6 deficit by scoring eight runs in the sixth inning of the opener, then belted out 17 hits, including two home runs by former Arkansas High standout Lance Marvel, to take the nightcap, called after seven innings on the 10-run rule.

“We had a good approach at the plate going all day,” TC coach Will Bolt said. “We used the entire field, hit some balls in the gap and squared up balls on hitters’ counts. It was good to see it carry over from Game 2 against Paris Monday.”

First-game starter Tanner Bailey struggled, giving up the lead on a three-run homer in the fourth inning by Paul Prestera. The Roadrunners (27-21, 13-12) tacked on two more runs in the fifth to take a 7-4 lead, but the Bulldogs got those two back in the bottom of the inning on David Allday’s two-run single.

Then after Joaquin Hinojosa came on to fan Chase Hernandez with the bases loaded in the top of the sixth, TC paraded 13 batters to the plate, scoring eight runs on seven hits against three Angelina relievers.

Pinch-hitter Gip Hendrix’s three-run double was the big blow in the rally. Thomas Watson had two hits in the inning and Trey Buck an RBI double. Angelina had one of its four errors in the frame, and allowed another batter to reach first base on a wild pitch following a strikeout.

Watson had three hits, including a double, Buck and Allday had a double and single each, Jordy Snikeris two hits and Allday drove in four runs.

Hinojoso picked up the win, pitching to just one batter. Shane Cole pitched the seventh. Bailey gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

“We needed a stop on the mound in the sixth inning and Hinojosa gave it to us,” Bolt said. “We took the momentum from that into the bottom of the sixth, and probably into the next game.”

Zach Fowler was the recipient of the Bulldogs’ big bats in the nightcap. He went all seven innings, yielding 11 hits, walking two and striking out one.

“Zach was better today; I thought he was really attacking the strike zone and didn’t always get credit for it,” Bolt said. “He just had a different demeanor about him today. In the first game, Bailey couldn’t put anybody away. He’d get ahead and hang a breaking ball or leave a fastball out over the plate, and they made him pay for it. Angelina does that to people.”

The big inning was again the difference in the second game, the Bulldogs scoring four runs in the fourth inning and seven in the second. After Angelina stalled the run-rule ending with two runs in the seventh, the Bulldogs bounced back to score two in the bottom of the frame to end the game.

Marvel was 3 for 4 with the two home runs and three RBI, and Buck added a solo homer, double and single in four at-bats. Watson drove in three runs with a single and triple, Snikeris doubled twice and Hinojosa added two singles.

The Bulldogs travel to Jacksonville to face last-place Lon Morris College Saturday. TC may still have to complete a game at Paris next week if it affects the final standings. If so, the game will be picked up in the fifth inning with the Bulldogs ahead 8-2.



GAME 1

Angelina College 101 320 1 — 8 9 4

Texarkana College 310 028 x — 14 15 1

Cory Benavides, Chase Barrera (6), Heath Arnold (6), Ryan Smith (6) and Chris Jones. Tanner Bailey, Ty Moore (5), Brittan Diamond (5), Joaquin Hinojosa (6), Shane Cole (7) and Jordy Snikeris. WP-Hinojosa. LP-Barrera. HR: AC-Paul Prestera, 4th, 2 on; Michael Padgett, 7th, none on.



GAME 2

Angelina College 000 120 2 — 5 11 1

Texarkana College 110 470 2 — 15 17 0

One out when game ended on 10-run rule.

Miller Aldrich, Ryland Parker (5), John Tatum (5), Mark Serna (7) and Benito Gonzales, Jerrod Dugas (6). Zach Fowler and Jordy Snikeris, Michael Long (7). WP-Fowler (6-3). LP-Aldrich. HR: TC-Lance Marvel, 2nd, none on; Trey Buck, 4th, none on; Marvel, 5th, 1 on.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Texarkana College gets sweep over Paris...

Texarkana College gets sweep over Paris
By: Johnny Green - Texarkana Gazette - Published: 04/21/2009

It took awhile, but the home-field advantage finally took hold for Texarkana College Monday.

After three straight doubleheader splits at home in conference play, the Bulldogs posted a 5-1, 11-5 sweep of Paris Junior College at George Dobson Field, keeping TC’s conference championship hopes alive.

“Both Navarro and Panola split their games last weekend, so we gained a game on both of them,” said Bulldogs coach Will Bolt. “What was good about today was Paris had their two best guys on the mound, and they’re two of the better pitchers in the league as far as numbers go.”

The Bulldogs didn’t exactly rock first-game starter David Carpenter, collecting only three hits off him in five innings and just four for the game. But that was plenty for right-hander John Stilson, who surrendered only an unearned run before tiring in the sixth inning.

But Zach Sneed, who beat TC, 4-1, at Paris earlier in the season, lasted only two innings in the nightcap as the Bulldogs pelted five Dragons pitchers for 16 hits, including the ninth home runs of the season by David Allday and Joaquin Hinojosa.

“I thought we made the most of our opportunities in the first game,” Bolt said. “We did a good job of situational hitting, getting bunts down and a couple of two-strike sacrifice flies. And Stilson did his thing on the mound, commanding the strike zone with two pitches.”

Pitching before several professional scouts, Stilson struck out seven and walked two and was in command from the start. He surrendered three straight 1-out singles in the sixth, but Hinojosa came on with the bases loaded and struck out the two batters he faced, ending the game.

Texarkana made the most of just four hits, taking advantage of five walks by Carpenter and four Dragon fielding errors. The Bulldogs scored three runs on just two hits, an error and a hit batsman. Thomas Watson drove in two runs with a single, and Trey Buck plated the other with a sacrifice fly.

The other runs in the fifth came without benefit of a hit. Carpenter walked the leadoff batter, hit the next, and the Dragons (28-18, 10-13) committed two more errors. Zach Fowler’s sacrifice fly drove in one run. Fowler, Austin Atwell and Jordy Snikeris had the other TC hits, all singles.

Justin Fowler went 5 1/3 innings to pick up the pitching win, allowing three runs, seven hits, striking out two and walking four. Sean Cole, Colton Reavis and Justin Fielden finished up.

“It was good to see Justin battle through some adversity out there,” Bolt said. “He made some good pitches when he needed to, and had some good defensive plays behind him.”

The Bulldogs turned four double plays, two triggered by center fielder Austin Atwell.

Hinojosa had a triple and Allday a double to go with their home runs. Zach Fowler added a triple and double, Trey Buck, Atwell and Jake Rogers a double and single each, Lance Marvel two singles and Watson a double.

The Bulldogs (30-13, 15-8) return to action at Dobson Wednesday against Angelina College.



GAME 1

Paris Junior College 000 001 0 — 1 8 4

Texarkana College 000 320 x — 5 4 2

David Carpenter, Britt Melton (6) and Andy Lalumandier. John Stilson, Joaquin Hinojosa (7) and Jordy Snikeris. WP-Stilson. LP-Carpenter.



GAME 2

Paris Junior College 001 002 101 — 5 13 1

Texarkana College 220 011 05x — 11 16 1

Zach Sneed, Britt Melton (3), Chris Pearson (5), Taylor Robichau (7), Cole Whitaker (8), Zach Rimlinger (8) and Abe Williams, Taylor Bruce (5). Justin Fowler, Sean Cole (6), Colton Reavis (7), Justin Fielden (9) and Lance Marvel, Jordy Snikeris (9). WP-Fowler. LP-Sneed. HR: TC-David Allday, 5th, none on; Joaquin Hinojosa, 8th, 1 on.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Paris Game moved to Monday...

The Paris game scheduled for Sunday @ 1:00 has been canceled and scheduled for Monday time TBA depending on the time the field dries.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Game vs. Paris Canceled for tomorrow...

Game vs. Paris Canceled for Saturday, April 18th. Will be tentatively moved to Sunday at 1:00 & if the field is too wet Monday @ 1:00.

Pictures from Navarro Game on 4-6-09...Photos by Amy Rodgers




























Thursday, April 16, 2009

TC can't split with trend...

TC can’t split with trend


Texarkana College seems to be reaching the point where it can’t win for losing.

The Bulldogs divided their third straight home series on Wednesday at George Dobson Field, edging Bossier Parish Community College, 2-1, in the first game of the Region XIV doubleheader, but dropping the nightcap, 12-7.

In earlier splits with Navarro College and Northeast Texas Community College, the Bulldogs had to win the second games after losing the openers.

“It was not a very good day. Offensively, we were totally out of our normal approach, chasing everything and not swinging at the pitches we needed to,” said Bulldogs coach Will Bolt after TC managed just 10 hits in the two games. “I thought we got a great effort on the mound in the first game, and it was what we were needing.”

Freshman right-hander Tanner Bailey, who normally starts the nine-inning nightcaps, went the distance in the seven-inning opener, scattering six hits, striking out five and walking two. He also hit a batter. The only run he surrendered was unearned, the result of his own throwing error.

“We moved Tanner to the first game because we just needed a spark and a chance to sweep,” Bolt said. “But we made the same mistakes offensively in the second game as we did the first. We really didn’t play particularly well in any facet of the game all day long, despite the split. I’m not real pleased with the way we’ve played.”

The pitching of Bailey (7-1) was really the lone highlight for the Bulldogs on the day. TC (28-13, 13-8) managed just four hits off Cavaliers starter Alex Garcia in the first game, scoring in the fourth inning when Joaquin Hinojosa was hit in the ribs by a pitch, moved to third on David Allday’s single and scored on Gip Hendrix’s sacrifice fly.

Hinojosa finished the game, but was unable to play in the nightcap due to bruised ribs.

TC’s winning run in the sixth was unearned. Brian Ellis blooped a single to left, advanced on a passed ball, took third on an error and scored on Allday’s long sacrifice fly to left. Allday (2 for 2) and Ellis (2 for 3) had all the Bulldogs’ hits.

Bossier Parish (27-15, 8-12) raked four TC pitchers for 17 hits in the second game. Starter Zach Fowler was roughed up for six runs on nine hits through 4 1/3 innings, but first reliever Shane Cole took the loss after the Bulldogs rallied to tie the game with three runs on as many hits in the fifth.

But the Cavaliers scored three runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings, and relievers Mark Taylor and Jamie Gilley held the Bulldogs to two hits and a run the rest of the way.

Thomas Watson broke up a no-hit bid by starter Wesley Grant with a long solo home run in the fourth inning, and Trey Buck delivered a second run in the frame with a sacrifice fly.

No Bulldog had more than one hit in the nightcap. Kyle Morton was 4 for 5, including a double, for BPCC.

Texarkana College hosts Paris Junior College on Saturday, the doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.



GAME 1

Bossier Parish CC 000 010 0 — 1 6 2

Texarkana College 000 101 x — 2 4 1

Alex Garcia and Jarrett Hammond. Tanner Bailey and Jordy Snikeris. WP-Bailey (7-1). LP-Garcia (4-2).



GAME 2

Bossier Parish CC 031 110 330 — 12 17 2

Texarkana College 010 230 010 — 7 6 2

Wesley Grant, Lance Nugent (4), Matt Taylor (5), Jamie Gilley (9) and Jarrett Hammond. Zach Fowler, Shane Cole (5), Colton Reavis (8), Ty Moore (8) and Lance Marvel. WP-Taylor. LP-Cole. HR: TC-Thomas Watson, 4th, none on; BPCC-Ryan Phelps, 5th, none on.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Tyler Game Cancelled...

Game for Monday vs. Tyler is canceled & won't be re-scheduled.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Texarkana College splits doubleheader...

Texarkana College splits doubleheader

Never has a mascot better described a player as it did Texarkana College pitcher John Stilson on Friday.

The Bulldogs’ lanky right-hander was a bulldog in the conference doubleheader against Northeast Texas Community College at George Dobson Field, going the distance in the 9-inning nightcap as TC salvaged a split with a 7-5 victory.

The Eagles (27-16, 8-10) scored four runs in the first inning and went on to win the opener, 7-3.

NTCC also scored four times off Stilson in the first inning, and added a solo home run by Adam Boucher in the second for a 5-1 lead, but the freshman from Texas High allowed two hits the rest of the way, finishing with 13 strikeouts and 130 pitches. He fanned the side in the eighth and ninth innings.

“They had my pitches in the first two innings. I was hitting my spots, but every pitch I threw they knew what was coming and they were just sitting back and hitting them,” Stilson said. “But we started changing our signs every inning after that. My arm really feels great. I guess my adrenaline kept me going because I never got tired.”

With the bullpen taxed in the first game and closer Joaquin Hinojosa unavailable after pitching three innings Wednesday, TC coach Will Bolt never hesitated in sending Stilson to the mound in the ninth, despite his high pitch count.

“John hadn’t played shortstop in a while, and we really had been montoring his throws,” Bolt said. “And he hadn’t gone above 100 pitches all year, so he had a lot of bullets today that he hadn’t used up this year. He got stronger as the game went on, and we needed him to go deep. We had to go to the pen so much in the first games that we were pretty much out of options.”

The Bulldogs (28-12, 12-7) received a huge break in a 4-run fourth that tied the game. Two runs had already scored on a walk, a double by Austin Atwell and Brian Ellis’s triple, and runners were at second and third with two outs when Gip Hendrix’s ground ball was fielded cleanly by the shortstop. But the throw was evidently lost in the sun by the first baseman and ended up in the visitors’ dugout with the tying runs scoring.

After Stilson worked out of a bases-loaded, 1-out jam in the Eagles fifth, the Bulldogs took their first lead of the day in the sixth. Losing pitcher Jared Mata walked Atwell, wild-pitched him to second and Hinojosa rolled a single through the middle that was stopped by the shortstop to prevent the run scoring. But, with two outs, Mata uncorked another wild pitch, and Atwell scored easily.

The same scenario occurred in the eighth when Trey Buck drew his third walk of the game and eventually scored on a wild pitch by Will Bathe.

Jon Houston’s 2-run double was the big blow in the Eagles’ first when they batted around. Brian Ellis walked and scored on still another wild pitch by starter Nathan Ball in the bottom of the inning. Ellis and Atwell finished with two hits each for TC. Boucher homered and singled for NTCC.

First-game starter Justin Fowler didn’t not retire a batter, yielding four runs on three hits and two walks. Greg Noble and Zach Cates had RBI singles, and another scored on a double-play ball thrown by reliever Ty Moore.

Jake Atwell’s RBI single made it 5-0 in the third, but Hinojoso belted his eighth homer to left with two on in the bottom of the inning to bring the Bulldogs within two. But that was as close as they would get, stranding 10 runners.

“We were into the game. The problem was when we got men on base we tried to do too much,” said Bolt. “Instead of trying to hit the ball up the middle, we were lifting the ball against the wind. That’s not going to work. We fought back with the home run, but we just changed our approach with men on base after that.”

Wes Schill, Atwell and Noble had two hits each for the Eagles. Ellis and Hendrix added doubles for TC.

“We need to start winning both games,” Bolt said. “At the end of the day one and one is just average. We have to find a way to put ourselves back in position to win those first games and take those sweeps.”

The Bulldogs are scheduled to host non-conference foe Tyler Junior College in a single 9-inning game Monday afternoon.



GAME 1

Northeast Texas 401 110 0 — 7 10 1

Texarkana College 003 000 0 — 3 6 1

Michael Nava, Trevor Stinnett (3), Blake Barber (4) and Zach Cates. Justin Fowler, Ty Moore (1), Brittan Diamond (3), Colton Reavis (5) and Jordy Snikeris. WP-Stinnett. LP-Fowler (4-4). HR: TC-Joaquin Hinojosa, 3rd, 2 on.



GAME 2

Northeast Texas 410 000 000 — 5 7 1

Texarkana College 100 401 01x — 7 9 0

Nathan Bell, Justin Jenkins (3), Jared Mata (4), Will Bathe (7) and Zach Cates. John Stilson and Lance Marvel. WP-Stilson (8-1). LP-Mata. HR: NTCC-Adam Boucher, 2nd, none on.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

TC wins Game 2 behind Watson...

TC wins Game 2 behind Watson
By: Johnny Green - Texarkana Gazette - Published: 04/09/2009

Texarkana College’s catcher comes up late for the tag against a Navarro College runner Wednesday at George Dobson Field.
When it comes to runs batted in, Thomas Watson will gladly trade quality for quantity.

For the second time in three crucial games the Texarkana College third baseman produced a bases-loaded hit in the final inning that under normal circumstances would have meant multiple RBIs.

Instead, he was credited with singles on both occasions, the latest capping a 9-8 Bulldogs come-from-behind win over Navarro College in the second game of a Region XIV doubleheader at George Dobson Field.

Eastern Conference leader Navarro (25-11, 12-4) won the opener, 5-3, behind the complete-game pitching of Teddy Nowell.

It looked like it might be a sweep when the visiting Bulldogs took an 8-7 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth inning with closer Logan Chitwood on the mound.

But Brian Ellis drew a leadoff walk and raced to third base when Joaquin Hinojosa’s hard shot went through the first baseman’s legs for an error, the fourth in the game for Navarro. A walk to David Allday loaded the bases, and Jordy Snikeras’ RBI single to right tied the game.

One out later, Watson smashed a 1-2 pitch over the left fielder’s head, driving home Hinojosa with the game winner.

“I looked terrible on the swing before the hit,” said Watson, a sophomore from Paris. “I just took the same approach I did against Panola, and it worked out.”

The win prevented a 4-game sweep by Navarro, and kept the Bulldogs within striking distance of first place.

“Obviously, we would have liked to won that first game, but credit these kids for sticking around when it looked like that second game was going to get away from us,” said TC coach Will Bolt. “It keeps us in the race. I think if Navarro had got that game, we would be playing for second place. Now we still have a chance to get the one seed.”

TC led early, and the game was tied at 2-2 after four innings before Navarro chased starter Tanner Bailey with a 4-run fifth, highlighted by 2-run home runs by Jason Shepard and Clayton Farbat.

It was 7-3 heading into the bottom of the sixth when Texarkana (26-11, 11-6) tied the game with four runs. Watson, who was 4 for 5 with a triple, had a 2-run single, Zach Fowler plated a run with a sacrifice fly and Austin Atwell singled home the fourth.

Bolt brought closer Hinojosa (5-2) in with one out in the seventh, and he yielded a run in the eighth on Cameron Dullnig’s RBI single.

Watson and Jake Rogers, the 8-9 hitters in the lineup, combined on a 7-or-8 performance with five RBIs. Rogers, the former Pleasant Grove standout who walked on at TC, was 3 for 3 with his second home run and an RBI double.

“I’m not at all surprised about Jake because he’s a great teammate, and he’s waited patiently for his opportunity,” Bolt said. “He got it in this game, and he made the most of it. He’s been swinging a hot bat, and he’s going to continue to get more playing time.”

Atwell and Hinojosa also had two hits and Snikeris drove in two runs. Joey Fuda had three hits for Navarro, and Caleb Marx also homered.

In the opener, TC scored three runs in the third inning for a 3-2 lead, but managed only three hits the rest of the way off the left-handed Nowell, who finished with a 5-hitter. None of the runs he surrendered were earned.

Atwell had an RBI single in the third inning that started with Lance Marvel’s base hit. Ellis, who later doubled, had a sacrifice fly in the inning. Snikeris also doubled for the Bulldogs.

Left-hander Zach Fowler threw 75 pitches in three innings, leaving with the lead. But three relievers couldn’t hold it, Shane Cole taking the loss.

Texarkana College hosts Northeast Texas Community College on Friday, the doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.



GAME 1

Navarro College 002 110 1 — 5 11 2

Texarkana College 003 000 0 — 3 5 2

Teddy Nowell and Mark Mayfield. Zach Fowler, Colton Reavis (4), Shane Cole (5), Brittan Diamond (7) and Lance Marvel, Jordy Snikeris (5). WP-Nowell (4-2). LP-Cole.



GAME 2

Navarro College 010 141 010 — 8 11 4

Texarkana College 110 014 002 — 9 13 0

Josh Thomason, Jeff Thompson (6), Jason Drymalla (7), Brian Shore (8), Logan Chitwood (9) and Justin Snider, Mark Mayfield (7). Tanner Bailey, Taylor Nichols (5), Ty Moore (6), Joaquin Hinojosa (7) and Jordy Snikeris. WP-Hinojosa (4-2). LP-Chitwood. HR: NC-Caleb Marx, 2nd, none on; Jason Shepard, 5th, 1 on; Clayton Farhat, 5th, 1 on; TC-Jake Rogers, 5th, none on.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Friday's Game VS NTCC

Friday's home game vs. Northeast has been moved to a 3 pm start time

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Texarkana College back in baseball race...

Texarkana College back in baseball race
Published: 04/05/2009
By Johnny Green
Texarkana Gazette

Texarkana College’s sweep of last-place Lon Morris College last Wednesday likely didn’t raise many eyebrows among its Region XIV rivals. But Saturday’s twin wins over East Conference leader Panola College no doubt opened some eyes.

The Bulldogs’ 5-4, 8-6 twin wins at George Dobson Field—the first game in extra innings—pulled Texarkana within a half-game of the Ponies in the conference race, and magnified the advantage TC has in playing all but two of its remaining games at home, where it has lost only once all season.

And Saturday’s sweep over the nationally 10th-ranked Ponies showed the Bulldogs have to be considered a candidate for the league title.

“The thing about Panola is they make you beat them,” said Bulldogs coach Will Bolt. “They make all the plays defensively, and they don’t give you anything. They made us beat them and we did.”

And in a way that should boost the team’s confidence for coming game. Two clutch RBI hits by Thomas Watson sparked the come-from-behind win in the opener, and four sixth-inning runs in the nightcap enabled the Bulldogs to withstand a 3-run rally by Panola in the seventh.

The second game is usually nine innings, but by conference rule, is changed to seven if the opener is extra innings.



Game 1

Blanked on three hits through five innings by Panola ace Aaron Wilkerson (7-0, 1.91 ERA), Texarkana (26-10, 10-5) cut the visitors’ 4-0 lead in half when Joaquin Hinojosa followed a leadoff walk to Austin Atwell with his seventh home run to left-center.

David Allday and Jordy Snikeris added singles, ending Wilkerson’s day. But reliever Travis Reagan uncorked a wild pitch, setting up Watson’s base hit to left, tying the game.

After TC closer Hinojoso wiggled out of a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the top of the eighth with a 4-6-3 double play, the Bulldogs followed suit when right-hander Tim Emmott walked two batters and hit another in the bottom of the inning. Panola went to its fourth pitcher, Cory Thomas, but Watson drilled his first pitch just inside the third-base bag to drive in Allday with the game-winner.

“I always look for a fastball away on the first pitch,” said Watson, a sophomore. “That way I can adjust to an inside pitch, and on a breaking ball I’m already sitting back because I’m looking for the outside fastball. The first time I hit a fastball, and the second time a breaking ball.”

Panola (28-9, 11-5) built its early lead with the long ball, Matt Juengel belting a first-inning solo shot and former Hooks High School standout Brandon Choate a 2-run blast to left in the third. It was Choate’s second homer of the season.

Johnathan Baker’s double off reliever Shane Cole made it 4-0 in the fourth. But Cole, who relieved starter Justin Fowler with a runner on second, allowed no more hits, struck out five and walked none until giving way to Hinojosa (4-2) in the seventh.

Watson had three hits and Hinojosa two for TC. Baker and Jared Myrick led Panola with two each.



Game 2

Brian Ellis’ 3-run homer, his second, in the first inning gave TC a lead it would never relinquish, but the Ponies pulled within 4-3 in the sixth before the Bulldogs sent nine batters to the plate, scoring four runs. Allday’s 2-run single capped the rally.

Colton Reavis relieved starter John Stilson with one out in the top of the sixth and worked out of a jam, but Bolt inserted Hinojosa in the game in the seventh, and Panola reached him for three runs on two hits and a walk, Diego Morales doubling home two runs.

“Colton did a good job in the sixth, but I thought Joaquin would come in and shut them down,” Bolt said in explaining his move. “But he walked the leadoff batter and it got him in trouble. John (Stilson) didn’t have his best stuff, but he kept us in the game until we could score more runs.”

Atwell and Snikeris had three hits each, Ellis homered and singled, Trey Buck doubled and singled and Jake Rogers had his first collegiate home run, a solo shot in the second inning.

Morales was 2 for 2, both doubles, for the Ponies.



GAME 1

Panola College 102 100 00 — 4 8 1

Texarkana College 000 004 01 — 5 8 1

No outs when winning run scored.

Aaron Wilkerson, Travis Reagan (6), Tim Emmott (8), Cory Thomas (8) and Brandon Choate. Justin Fowler, Shane Cole (3), Joaquin Hinojosa (7) and Jordy Snikeris, Lance Marvel (7). WP-Hinojosa (4-2). LP-Emmott (1-2). HR: PC-Matt Juengel, 1st, none on; Choate, 3rd, 1 on; TC-Joaquin Hinojosa, 6th, 1 on.



GAME 2

Panola College 101 001 3 — 6 10 0

Texarkana College 310 004 x — 8 11 0

Derek Bowen, Jeff Stringer (2), Cory Thomas (6), Matt Holland (6) and Brandon Choate. John Stilson, Zach Fowler (6), Colton Reavis (6), Joaquin Hinojosa (7) and Lance Marvel, Jordy Snikeris (7). WP-Stilson (7-1). LP-Bowen (3-2). HR: TC-Brian Ellis, 1st, 2 on; Jake Rogers, 2nd, none on.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

It was an Allday affair for TC...

It was an Allday affair for TC

Three home runs, 15 RBIs ignite Texarkana’s sweep


Texarkana College’s David Allday celebrates with teammates at home plate after hitting a grand slam in the opening inning Wednesday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader against Lon Morris at George Dobson Field. The Bulldogs were dominant in both games.
Considering the date, David Allday might have had to pinch himself to determine if his performance Wednesday at George Dobson Field was an April fool joke.

It wasn’t, much to the chagrin of Lon Morris College, the victim of Allday’s three-home run, 15-runs-batted-in assault in Texarkana College’s 25-7, 17-1 doubleheader sweep.

“I really don’t know what was going on. It was just one of those days, I guess,” said Allday, who went 5 for 6 with 10 RBIs in Game 1. “I was seeing the ball good, and I was sitting back waiting on slow pitching. My confidence is up because I’m seeing the ball good. And it’s good to be back home.”

That sentiment was shared by Bulldogs coach Will Bolt, who saw his team score 42 runs and collect 38 hits in the team’s first home games since Feb. 22.

“It helps just getting into a routine,” Bolt said. “We actually got to practice outside here yesterday, and we actually haven’t had an outdoors practice in three weeks. And we had a really good team practice yesterday with a lot of energy despite the fact we had been on the road Sunday and Monday. The familiarity helps, and this is a good hitter’s park.”

Allday had a grand slam in TC’s 8-run first inning in the opener. He also had a solo blast in the second and followed it up with two singles and a 2-run triple. In his final at-bat, he hit a screamer through the first baseman’s legs, reaching on the error.

Allday’s bat wasn’t the only one smoking in the opener. John Stilson was 4 for 5 with a double and triple, Joaquin Hinojosa 3 for 3 with a home run and Brian Ellis 3 for 5 with a double and triple. Austin Atwell had three hits and scored four runs, as did Hinojosa. One of Jordy Snikeris’ two hits was a 2-run homer, and Gip Hendrix also had two hits.

Recipient of the hitting barrage was left-hander Zach Fowler (6-2), who took a 12-1 lead into the fourth inning before surrendering six runs and seven hits. Brittan Diamond, Ty Moore and Colton Reavis finished the game with a scoreless inning apiece.

“The fourth was going to be Zach’s last regardless,” Bolt said. “I was going to get him out of there after it. I wanted to see him compete and pitch through rather than go get somebody else. He’s been there for us all year, and he’ll continue to be.”

Lon Morris (3-25, 0-12) made a game out of it for two innings in the nightcap before the Bulldogs (24-11, 8-5) sent 12 batters to the plate in the third, scoring seven runs on just four hits. Bearkats starter Jake Flowers hit three consecutive batters with the bases loaded, forcing in runs.

TC put the game away with a 6-run fifth, capped by Allday’s 3-run shot that soared over the fence in right. The former Texas High standout increased his home run total to seven and his RBI number to 37.

Right-hander Tanner Bailey (6-1) allowed five hits, struck out eight and walked none over five innings. Shane Cole gave up a run on three hits in the sixth, and Diamond closed out with another scoreless inning in the run-rule contest.

“Tanner pitched really well,” Bolt said. “He could have finished, but we wanted to get the bullpen guys on the mound to get used to pitching at home again. We just had some guys that needed to get some work in.”

Brian Ellis had three hits, including a solo homer over the fence in center, to lead an 11-hit attack. Allday had a home run and double in three at-bats, and Trey Buck tripled and singled. Michael Long had a pinch-hit, 2-run double.

The Bulldogs start the second round of Region XIV East Conference play Saturday against front-running Panola College at Dobson Field. The only conference road trip remaining for TC will be Lon Morris at Jacksonville on the final date of the season.



GAME 1

Lon Morris 001 600 0 — 7 11 2

Texarkana 822 373 x — 25 27 3

Justin Davis, Hector Plaza (3), Matthew Hamilton (6) and Carlos Gonzales. Zach Fowler, Brittan Diamond (5), Ty Moore (6), Colton Reavis (7) and Jordy Snikeris, Michael Long (6). WP-Fowler (6-2). LP-Davis. HR: TC-David Allday, 1st, 3 on; Joaquin Hinojosa, 2nd, none on; Allday, 3rd, none on; Snikeris, 5th, 1 on.



GAME 2

Lon Morris 000 001 0 — 1 9 2

Texarkana 007 262 x — 17 11 0

Jake Flowers, Jesus Barroila (4), Jose Pichardo (6) and Luigadel Santiago. Tanner Bailey, Shane Cole (6), Brittan Diamond (7) and Lance Marvel. WP-Bailey (6-1). LP-Flowers. HR: TC-Brian Ellis, 4th, none on; David Allday, 5th, 2 on.