SULPHUR \u2014 Dutchtown searched all game for one hit to change the game.<\/p>\n
Sam Houston led 2-0 early, scoring scored one run in each of the first two innings.<\/p>\n
The Griffins had their best chance in the bottom of the sixth with two outs and the bases loaded. Seth Davis then hit a single to left field to drive in one run, but the second runner was tagged out at the plate.<\/p>\n
Dutchtown failed to muster any more offense and fell to No. 2 Sam Houston 3-1 on Friday at McMurry Park in Game 2 of the Division I nonselect state title series.<\/p>\n
The deciding Game 3 will be played at 5:30\u202fp.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir guy was outstanding on the mound,\u201d Dutchtown coach Chris Schexnaydre said of Sam Houston\u2019s Ty Smith. \u201cWe stayed right there with them all game. We just miss out on a big hit here or there. It\u2019s baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dutchtown (29-14) started Taylor Tunnard on the mound. Tunnard went five innings and struck out three.<\/p>\n
In the top of the first, Smith helped his own cause with a two-out double.<\/p>\n
Owen Galley brought him home with a single. In the second, Sam Houston led off the inning with a pair of singles. Kannon Keiser knocked a sacrifice fly to score another run and make it 2-0.<\/p>\n
Smith started and pitched five innings for Sam Houston (33-9). He struck out three, walked three and allowed just one hit for the win. Brock Blessington pitched the final two innings for the save.<\/p>\n
The Griffins managed five hits and five walks, but failed to string enough together through the first five innings.<\/p>\n
In the sixth, Dutchtown put two runners on with a pair of singles after a groundout. After a line-out, Dawson Leblanc drew a walk to load the bases.<\/p>\n
Davis\u2019 single scored one run, but the runner from second rounded third, looking to tie the game.<\/p>\n
The relay throw home beat the runner, and he was tagged out to end the inning.<\/p>\n
Dutchtown managed a two-out walk in the seventh, but a flyout ended the game.<\/p>\n
Schexnaydre said he remains confident in his Griffins, who have won their past two playoff rounds in decisive third games.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s been the routine for us the last couple of weeks,\u201d Schexnaydre said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to line up. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get a good night\u2019s rest tonight, and be ready to go in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SULPHUR \u2014 Dutchtown searched all game for one hit to change the game. Sam Houston led 2-0 early,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[32566,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-295683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-hardwall","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}