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The Bastrop Bears varsity baseball started their in-county series against Cedar Creek with a 9-3 win before closing the sweep in a more controlled 3-0 victory March 17.
The Bears were dominant in game one. Kody Wright and Mason Smith led the way against the Eagles and combined to go 4-for-7 at the plate with two RBIs each.
Cooper Voigt was the winning pitcher, throwing 4.1 innings and giving up three runs on three hits with six strikeouts.
Cedar Creek pitcher Isaiah Cancino took the loss, going 4.2 innings and giving up seven runs on seven hits with two strikeouts.
The Bears got on the board first with an RBI single from Smith in the top of the first. Bastrop followed that up with two more runs in the second on RBI singles from Lathan Bennett and Kody Wright to make it 3-0.
The Eagles fought back with two runs of their own on an RBI single from Brayan Rodriguez and scored on a passed third strike to cut the lead to 3-2 heading into the third.
Both teams were scoreless until the Bears opened up the game with a six-run fifth inning. Cedar Creek would score once more on an RBI single from Joseph Moreno in the fifth as the Bears closed out the game.
Game two was a much more competitive matchup as both pitching staffs were put to the test in a low-scoring battle.
Wright got the start for the Bears as he threw four scoreless innings, giving up three hits with two strikeouts.
Eagles starter Jacob Borrego also threw four scoreless innings but was finally gotten to in the fifth, where Bastrop scored all three of its runs.
The Bears broke the game open with three straight RBI singles from Voigt, Wright and Tristan St. Clair with two outs left on the inning. The points proved to be the difference in the sweep.
Francisco Arriaga came in for relief of Borrego and went three scoreless innings, giving up one hit with three strikeouts.
Bastrop improved to 7-9-2 overall and 2-0 in district, while Cedar Creek fell to 7-11 overall and 2-2 in district.
The Bears will finish up their series with Navarro at home Friday, March 27, at 7 p.m. The Eagles will end their set with Anderson on the road.
