Rock Hardball Tournament
(Round Rock)
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 22, 23
Akins Eagles Baseball 2019
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2019 AKINS EAGLES
Varsity
Schedules are unofficial.
Players are urged to check with Coach Salazar.
2019 Round Rock Tournament
WHEN: THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 22, 23
Eagles play:
Thursday, Feb 21, 2019:
1. 10:00 AM
LOCATION: Round Rock High School
OPPONENT: Temple Wildcats
TEMPLE 5 EAGLES 8
2. 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Stony Point High School
OPPONENT: Cedar Ridge Raiders
EAGLES 3 CEDAR RIDGE 9
Friday, Feb 22, 2019:
3. 4:00 PM
LOCATION: McNeil High School
OPPONENT: Brenham Cubs
EAGLES 1 BRENHAM 4
4. 7:00 PM
LOCATION: McNeil High School
OPPONENT: McNeil Mavericks
EAGLES 6 MCNEIL 7
Saturday, Feb 23, 2019:
5. 1:00 PM
LOCATION: McNeil High School
OPPONENT: San Angelo Central Bobcats
CENTRAL 16 EAGLES 0
WHERE: CLICK FOR DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS.
Round Rock High School ... 201 Deepwood Drive, Round Rock, TX 78681
Stony Point High School ... 1801 Tiger Trail, Round Rock, TX 78664
McNeil High School ... 5720 McNeil Dr, Austin, TX 78729
Leander High School ... 3301 S Bagdad Rd, Leander, TX 78641
16 TEAMS:
Akins Eagles
Austin Maroons
Belton Tigers
Brenham Cubs
Cedar Ridge Raiders
Flower Mound Jaguars
Frenship (Wolfforth) Tigers
LD Bell (Hurst) Blue Raiders
Leander Lions
Cooper (Lubbock) Pirates
McNeil Mavericks
Round Rock Dragons
San Angelo Central Bobcats
Stony Point Tigers
Temple Wildcats
ADMISSION CHARGE: Adults $6 / game or $15 for all games (3 days).
TOURNAMENT STYLE: Modified round robin.
Click here for 2019 tournament pairings.
TOURNAMENT RULES:
RESULTS & COMMENTARY (Preliminary. Subject to revision.):
GAME 1
ROUND ROCK 2019 TOURNAMENT
Thursday, February 21, 2019, at Round Rock H.S. 10:00 am
TEMPLE 5 AKINS 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
TEMPLE 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 10 3
AKINS 0 0 0 1 3 4 x 8 12 3
WINNING PITCHER: SILVA (1-0)
LOSING PITCHER: WILLIAMS
TEMPLE: 2B FACK, GARZA
AKINS: 2B ROMERO, SMITH, J
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GAME 2
ROUND ROCK 2019 TOURNAMENT
Thursday, February 21, 2019, at Stony Point H.S. 4:00 pm
AKINS 3 CEDAR RIDGE 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
AKINS 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 4
CEDAR RIDGE 1 0 2 1 2 3 x 9 10 0
WINNING PITCHER: VALADEZ
LOSING PITCHER: SMITH, M
AKINS: 2B WILSON
CEDAR RIDGE: 2B RUGELEY, 3B MORGAN
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GAME 3
ROUND ROCK 2019 TOURNAMENT
Friday, February 22, 2019, at McNeil H.S.
4:48 pm (but scheduled for 4 pm, then moved to 5 pm, then back to 4 pm)
AKINS 1 BRENHAM 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
AKINS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3
BRENHAM 1 2 0 0 1 0 x 4 5 2
WINNING PITCHER: BUSSE
LOSING PITCHER: WILSON
BRENHAM: 2B DIGGS
NOTES: Top of 4th inning, 1 out, Eagles down 3-0. #16 WILSON on 2nd, #18 GATTIS on 1st. Eagles batter #4 ROMERO swatted down a dribbler between the plate and 1st base. Brenham catcher #12 DRAEHN chased down the ball and threw to 1st base for the out. Each runner advanced a base, but neither stopped with a single base. GATTIS ended up on 3rd; WILSON rounded 3rd and headed for home at full speed, diving and sliding head first to the plate. Catcher DRAEHN rushed back to the plate, receiving the ball from the fielder with no time to spare. Meanwhile, the sole umpire for the game, Patrick Russell TISDALE, was standing in front of the plate, with his back to the plate, his gaze lingering on the action at 1st base and oblivious to the impending play behind him at home. Although every spectator (and most of the players and coaches) could see what was happening, a clearly startled TISDALE snapped his head around to look behind him only when WILSON was approximately 5 feet from the plate. The slide was clean, and the attempted tag did not appear to be improper or malicious, but TISDALE was not in a good position to see the slide or the tag. In the ensuing action at the plate between WILSON and DRAEHN, the ball came out and rolled toward the backstop. Whether the umpire had actually seen the tag or not, the dislodged ball was a clue that the tag had failed. WILSON was safe at the plate. He had scored the only Eagles run of the game, but an injury to his finger that resulted from the play caused him to have to leave the game. The wound was closed with 4 stitches. WILSON, who was the Eagles’ pitcher at the time of his injury at the plate, would also miss the final two games of the Round Rock tournament.
Brenham went on to a 5-0 record in the tournament.
A tournament that charges a spectator 6 dollars for a single game should probably be able to hire the customary two umpires for each game. In high school games, one umpire is typically assigned to the plate, and another is assigned to the field. In the Brenham game, an important play developed literally behind the back of the only umpire. With two umpires, such situations are less likely to happen.
AKINS IS 1-3 overall, 0-1 in district.
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GAME 4
ROUND ROCK 2019 TOURNAMENT
Friday, February 22, 2019, at McNeil H.S. 7:25 pm
AKINS 6 MCNEIL 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
AKINS 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 9 2
MCNEIL 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 9 2
WINNING PITCHER: SCHNEIDER
LOSING PITCHER: TORRES, M
AKINS: 2B WILK, GATTIS
MCNEIL: 2B SCHNEIDER, DOYLE; 3B HOLMES
AKINS IS 1-4 overall, 0-1 in district.
A heartbreaker. Going into the bottom of the final stanza, Eagles led by score of 6-3 in McNeil’s own house. A 3-RBI triple by #26 Elliot HOLMES knotted the game at 6. Two pitches later, #14 Chris DOYLE tapped in the winning run with a walk-off single that scored HOLMES. Perhaps the greatest collaboration of Doyle and Holmes since The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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GAME 5
ROUND ROCK 2019 TOURNAMENT
Saturday, February 23, 2019, at Round Rock H.S. 1:28 pm CST (scheduled for 1 pm)
SAN ANGELO CENTRAL 16 AKINS 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
CENTRAL 2 1 1 1 0 0 11 16 17 0
AKINS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
WINNING PITCHER: COUCH
LOSING PITCHER: WOLFF
CENTRAL: 2B ROSAS (x2), COUCH, DANIEL, RIOS, MURRELL; 3B ROSAS, COUCH, BRANNAN, TABORSKI
AKINS IS 1-5 overall, 0-1 in district.
Ouch. Trailing by a score of 5-0 going into the final inning, the Eagles saw the wheels fall off their cart altogether. Central’s imposing pitcher, 6’2” 285 pound senior Gunner Couch, will play football at Texas State next year. Couch kept the Eagles off the scoreboard, which wasn’t operating at the start of the game, anyway. According to the public address announcer, “We’re having a little trouble with our scoreboard, so please keep score yourself.” As it turned out, that task was far too easy for the Eagles half of each inning.
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