A five-run fifth inning helped the Boerne baseball team defeat Smithson Valley Tuesday on the road.
The Greyhounds defeated the Rangers, 11-6, and it came down to that fifth frame when they scored 5 of those runs to get the separation they needed.
BHS is 5-1 in district and 13-2 overall. They hosted the Rangers on Friday and then meet Boerne Champion next week for the first time.
Boerne High hosts Tuesday’s game and Champion hosts Friday’s contest.
Both teams scored single runs in the second inning to make it 1-1. Walker Hill tripled for the Greyhounds to bring in Jake Perez after Perez walked in the inning.
In the third, Boerne pushed in 3 more runs. Jackson Grimes and Hill both singled in the inning to make it 3-1. Ronnie Scarbrough added a double and Grimes scored, and the Hounds were up 4-1 before the Rangers retired the side.
Smithson Valley answered with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning and used a double to bring in those 2 runs, but Boerne got out of the inning still holding the lead at 4-3.
It stayed there until the Greyhound put some distance between themselves and the Rangers in the fifth.
With one out, Jake Perez doubled to get things going. Grimes walked and Hill singled to bring in Perez and it was 5-3. Scarbrough singled and Grimes scored to make it 6-3.
Brooks Perez walked and then Reese House came up and singled to push in Hill and the lead was 7-3 and they weren’t done.
With the bases loaded, Dylan Perez was hit by a pitch and Scarbrough’s courtesy runner, Colton Shaver, came home to bump it to 8-3.
Brooks Perez later scored on a passed ball and the Greyhounds were up 9-3.
A 3-run homer in the bottom of the sixth by the Rangers cut the lead down to 9-6, but the Greyhounds answered with 2 runs in the top of the seventh for some breathing room.
Ryan Hooper smacked a 2-RBI double to bring in Brooks Perez and Dylan Perez for the 11-6 lead after Brooks was hit by a pitch and Dylan walked.
In the bottom of the seventh, Smithson Valley put two runners on with one out, but the Boerne defense retired the next two batters to close it out.
BHS knocked out 13 hits and were led by Walker Hill who tripled and hit 2 singles, drove in 3 runs and scored once.
Brooks Perez doubled, drew 2 walks and scored twice, Jake Perez doubled and singled, scored 2 runs and picked up an RBI, Ryan Hooper had the 2-RBI double to go with a single and he scored a run, while Ronnie Scarbrough doubled and singled and collected 2 RBI. Jackson Grimes and Dylan Perez both singled and scored twice.
Walker Hill (27) makes a catch for the BHS baseball team that visited Smithson Valley Tuesday. Hill smacked a triple and two singles and drove in three runs to help the Greyhounds defeat the Rangers. Star photo by Kerry Barboza
Campbell Jackson started on the mound and went 5 innings. He picked up the win on 103 pitches and gave up 6 hits, 4 runs, 5 walks and had 4 strikeouts.
Eli Srp and Hudson McNew both tossed, with McNew earning the save in 1.2 innings of work. Srp fanned 1 and McNew sat down 3.
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