Comfort’s baseball season came to an end at the hands of Jim Ned in the first round of the 3A playoffs.
The Indians took the first game against the Bobcats on Thursday, 9-2, and then closed it out Friday in Comfort via the run rule, 18-3.
Comfort ends its season at 17-9 under first-year Bobcats coach Bryan Bishop, a former Boerne Greyhound assistant.
Game 1 Jim Ned 9, Comfort 2
Jim Ned hosted Game 1 and jumped on the Bobcats early and scored 1 run in the first and 2 more in the second for the 3-0 lead.
Jim Ned added 2 more runs in the fifth and did it without a hit. Three walks loaded the bases and a passed ball allowed the runner from third to score.
A sac fly added another run and it was 5-0.
The game was delayed a bit because of lightning in the area but once it resumed, Comfort added a little bit of electricity to the game.
In the sixth, Mason Matt singled with two outs and Micah Nye followed and smacked a 2-run shot out of the park to put the Bobcats on the board.
Nye’s homer made it 5-2 but the Indians answered in the bottom half of the frame with 4 runs to open up a 9-2 lead.
A hit batter, 3 singles, 3 walks and a sac fly helped Jim Ned score its 4 runs.
The game went to the seventh and Comfort had to score 7 runs to tie it but went down in order with three straight strikeouts.
Comfort finished with 3 hits against the Indians, including the 2-run homer by Micah Nye, while Mason Matt singled and scored and Caleb Van Geffen slngled.
Jim Ned used two pitchers and they only gave up 1 walk and 3 hits combined.
Comfort threw three arms at the Indians, with Tucker Rust going 5 innings and giving up 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 7 walks and striking out 2.
Mason Matter and Cade Woerner both pitched in the final inning. Matter yielded 2 hits, 4 earned runs and 2 walks, while Woerner gave up a hit, no runs 1 walk and he fanned 1.
Game 2 Jim Ned 18, Comfort 3
The Indians knocked out 18 hits in the game to match their 18 runs but the contest didn’t get away from the Bobcats until late.
Jim Ned was up 2-1 after one inning and added a run in the second for the 3-1 advantage.
The Indians scored 3 more in the third, but Comfort plated a run in the bottom of the inning and it was 6-2 after three.
Jim Ned added 2 more runs in the fourth to make it 8-2 and then it got away from the Bobcats from there. The Indians closed it out with 4 runs in the fifth and 6 more in the sixth to score 10 of its 18 in the two frames.
Comfort battled and came up with its final run in the fifth. After the Bobcats didn’t score in the bottom of the sixth, the mercy rule kicked in.
Comfort had 6 hits and 3 of them went for extra bases. Mason West tripled and doubled and scored 2 of their 3 runs. Tucker Rust singled and walked, while Brooks Davis singled and scored.
Zach Jones went 3 innings and gave up 7 hits, 4 earned runs, 2 walks and fanned 4. Mason Matter tossed 2 innings and yielded 6 hits, 6 earned runs and 4 walks and Cade Woerner threw an inning and scattered 5 hits, 6 runs, 1 walk and fanned 1.
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