EXCITING FASHION: Walkoff sends Eagles to state title game | Sports

With a chance to move on to the state championship, Brock had to get past the Diboll Lumberjacks on Friday. They did it in an exciting way.

Until the final out, and hoping for a miracle, Brock’s Gavin Boedecker stepped up to bat with the bases loaded.

Boedecker connected with the ball to send it into the outfield where everyone thought it was going to be caught for the last out of the Brock Eagles baseball season. But the sun, which played an important role against both teams, caused the outfielder to lose sight of the ball, which he hit on the heel of the glove and bounced. The error allowed Peyton Shaffer and Cam Harris to recover and score the tying and winning runs, respectively, giving Brock the 7–6 win over Diboll.

Neither starting pitcher got off to an easy start, as Brock’s Tristan Boedecker ended up throwing 34 pitches in the top of the first and loading the bases twice, but allowed only one run to be scored. Coby DeJesus allowed four runs on three hits in the first.

While Brock added another run in the second off a Sawyer Strosnider RBI triple, Diboll shut down his offense until the seventh inning.

Diboll got back into the game when they scored three runs in the top of the third, hitting back-to-back doubles, scoring a run and a two-run single to pull within a run, 5-4, of the Eagles.

In the top of the seventh, Diboll was able to tie the game when they scored on an RBI single and took a 6-5 lead, their first of the game since the first inning, when the sun made a Brock outfielder unable. glove the ball

Brock returns to play in London for the 3A state title on Saturday at 9 a.m. Brock last faced London in the state semi-finals in 2021, where the Pirates edged out the Eagles to end their season.

Source: www.weatherforddemocrat.com