On a very hot and humid day out at Ray Knoblauch Field where The
Bellaire Cardinals were as hot as the weather. Bellaire used their warm
bats and played keep away on defense frustrating the wolves batters all
evening long.
Fans came in with drinks, hats, towels and umbrellas, doing anything and
everything to keep cool. They were treated to a warm breeze every so
often.
Bellaire used timely hits and solid defense to write there ticket to Austin.
They were able to keep the wolves off the score board blanking them 6-0
in game three of the bbest of threeb series.
In the top of the first inning the wolves tried a delayed steal with Michael
Goodnight on second base and Freddy Villalobos on third. The cardinals
snuffed out the play when Jeffrey Rohrbach Bellaire’s pitcher turn toward
second and caught Goodnight in between first and second base, he threw
to the second baseman who chased goodnight back to first but wasn’t
able to retire him, thats when Villalobos took off for home. The second
basement fire to home plate where they tagged Villalobos for the out. In
the third inning Jarrett Higgins turned on the jets to catch a looping liner
by Matt Clayton that had extra bases written all over it. Rohrbach got
Clayton to end the sixth by hitting into a double play. The cardinals got
defensive help from many ground outs and strike outs.
Will McCaleb ignited the Bellaire fans in the bottom of the second on a
blast hit deep over the center field fence to grab a 1-0 lead. Bellaire added
more runs in the forth when Knoblauch drove in McCaleb for a 2-0 lead.
Then pinch runner Aaron Hafer replaced Knoblauch at second, Alex Silver
single to left field and Schaffer RBI single brought in Hafer. Jarrett Higgins
walk to load the bases, Kyle Chaskins single to center drove in two runs
making the score 5-0. In the bottom of the fifth inning McCaleb double to
left field, Brian Baumgarten sacrifices McCaleb to third base. Andrew
burns sac grounder drove in McCaleb for the final run.
Bellaire is in search of the school’s 8th title. That would give them sole
possession of the most baseball titles of any team in Texas. At the
present time they are tied with San Antonio South High with seven titles a
piece.
