CORPUS CHRISTI – Boerne Champion suffered its first loss of the postseason Thursday night in Corpus Christi when the Chargers dropped Game 1 in their best-of-three series with Corpus Christi Ray at Cabaniss Field, 8-2.
Before that, Champion had swept Liberty Hill, Brackenridge and Smithson Valley. And counting the Tivy win in a thirdplace tiebreaker game, the Chargers had won seven straight postseason games before Thursday.
Champion was hoping to get back on track Friday afternoon at NEISD Sports Park in a 1:30 game. If the Chargers evened the series, they’ll play Game 3 Saturday in Jourdanton, 1:30 p.m.
The Chargers had a good start on Thursday and scored two runs in the top of the first but those would be their only runs of the game.
Walks to Jordan Ballin and Evan Kuhl put runners at first and second and then Cam Logan singled to load the bases with no outs.
Sam Miller hit into a fielder’s choice and scored Ballin for the 1-0 lead. Jared Wingo followed and singled to bring in Kuhl and it was 2-0, but a double play by the Texans ended the inning.
Ray plated a run in the second and then tied it in the third to make it 2-2. The Texans pulled away with 4 runs in the fourth and opened up a 6-2 advantage.
After the first inning, Texans pitcher Keevyn Goss settled down and retired the side from the second through the fifth innings – 12 straight – before Ballin singled in the top of the sixth, but another double play in the inning by the Ray defense helped to turn the Chargers away.
The Texans added insurance runs in the fifth and sixth innings to make it 8-2. Champion tried to answer and loaded the bases in the top of the seventh but couldn’t manufacture a run.
Wingo had 2 of Champi-
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on’s 4 hits, while Ballin and Logan had the other 2. Ballin and Kuhl scored, while Miller and Wingo picked up single RBIs.
Rowdy Miller started on the hill and went 3.1 innings and gave up 4 hits, 5 walks with 1 strike out. Matthew Booth also threw and yielded a hit and fanned a batter and was followed by Robbie Vela, who threw the final 2 frames and scattered 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk and sat down 1.
Goss went all 7 innings for Ray and threw 90 pitches for the win. He gave up 4 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks and struck out 2 batters.
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