District Opener

Stratford Spartans vs. Cy Fair Bobcats, March 12th

The Spartans opened District 17-6A play on the road against the defending District champion Cy Fair Bobcats. Stratford jumped on the Bobcats in the top of the first and took a quick 2-0 lead. After a Rian Healy walk, Maddox Garnero deposited a fastball over the LF fence. It was Garnero’s first long ball of the year. Cy Fair would answer back quickly in the bottom half of the inning to jump out to a 4-2 lead. Senior Carson Craft was on the mound for the Spartans. The big right-hander battled the Bobcats early and gave way to Caden Cooper in the 3rd inning. Cy Fair would extend their lead to 6-2 in the 2nd on a 2-run home run. Stratford would answer back with a run in the 4th to inch closer on a Blake Barry double to score Garnero. In the end, Cy Fair would prevail in the opener by a score of 10-3. Garnero led the Spartans, going 3-3 with a 2B, HR, 2RBI’s, and 2 runs scored.

District Home Opener

Stratford Spartans vs. Cy Fair Bobcats, March 13th

The District home opener for the Spartans would be the very next day. Senior righty Thomas Cloud (TC) was on the mound to try and even the series with the Bobcats. Cy Fair posted a run in the top of the 1st to jump out to an early lead. It would prove to be the closest they would get to the Spartans all game. The good guys answered in the bottom of the 1st with 3 runs. Rian Healy walked, followed by a Braxton Wakefield double, tying it at 1. Maddox Garnero continued his red-hot week. He would single home Wakefield to make it 2-1. Blake Barry moved Garnero to second on a single to left, setting the table for Ethan Gentil. Gentil would single home Garnero, and the Spartans answered back loudly to make it 3-1 at the end of the 1st. Cloud would silence the Bobcats' bats the rest of game. TC went 5 strong innings, striking out 4 and only allowing 1 run. He managed to rattle the Bobcats dugout all game and tilt the momentum to the Spartans each inning.

Sparty would tack on 2 more runs to make it 5-1 on an RBI single by Gentil. Barry would come home on a Bobcat error. Christian Ramirez and Drew Emery would come on in relief of Cloud in the 6th and 7th. The Bobcats scratched across 1 run to close the gap to 5-2, but that is as close as they would get. Emery would earn the save for his 1 and 1/3 inning of relief and hand game 2 to the Spartans to even up their District record at 1-1.

This week’s Varsity Baseball Schedule:

Tuesday, March 19th, 7 pm, vs. Cy Creek @ The Backyard

Friday, March 22nd, 7 pm, vs. Cy Creek @ Cy Creek High School