After sending the game into extra innings the Mustangs came up short in the 8th inning and dropped a district game to Roosevelt 8-5 on the Mustangs home turf.
After the Mustangs grab an early 1-0 lead in the 2nd inning the Eagles came back with 3 runs in the top of the 3rd inning. The Ponies came back with 3 runs of their own in the bottom of the 5th inning only to see Roosevelt regain the lead with 2 runs in the top of the 6th inning. The Mustangs did come up with a single run in the bottom of the 7th only to see the Eagles score 3 in the top of the 8th inning.
The Ponies outhit Roosevelt 7-4, but couldn’t come up with the key hit when they needed it. They stranded 6 runners.
James Chatham and Jeremy Castillo both had two hits while Braden McGary, Ivan Villerreal, and Broedy Burris all had 1 hit. The Mustangs struggled at the plate with 11 strikeouts.
Shabby Roosevelt fielding led to 3 unearned Mustang runs. McGary and Villerreal had one RBI each.
Cameron Garcia went the first five innings giving up 3 runs on 1 hit, struck out 10 and walked 4. Burris went the final 3 innings giving up 5 runs on 3 hits, struck out 2 and walked 5.
The Mustangs will travel to Brownfield on Tuesday and return home on Saturday playing Slaton in a 12 noon start.
