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Monday, April 30, 2018
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Bulldogs headed to playoffs with win over Leonard Peyton Reagan got the call to be the starting pitcher in the Bulldogs' biggest game of the season to date. Playing in honor of his great uncle Ronnie Barcheers who recently passed, Reagan pitched a gem allowing only one earned run on six hits in his six-and-two-thirds innings. He struckout 10 and only walked one Tiger hitter.
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Four Bulldogs had multi-hit games with Mason Riggs and Cirby Coheley each going 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Cade Courtney and Dyson Dillard each went 2-for-4 on the night. Spencer Akins drove in two runs and Kyler Anderson scored two runs.
single that drove in pinch runner Chase Barnett. Howe took the 6-0 lead to the bottom of the sixth and needed the big inning prior as Leonard tried to steal the game with four runs in the inning. Reagan gave up a leadoff homer to the Tigers to cut the gap to 6-1. Two ensuing errors led to three unearned runs and Riggs came in to finish the game for Reagan and earn the save. Howe (12-7, 7-5) will face Whitesboro to open the playoffs in a series at Anna. Game 1 is at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Game 2 is 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Game 3 would be at noon on Saturday.
Howe took the first lead of the night when they scored in the top of the third inning when an Akins bunt resulted in Riggs and Coheley scoring the games first two runs. In the top of the fourth, Howe again scored on a bunt - this time by Coheley who reached on an error that resulted in Anderson scoring from third and Howe taking a 3-0 lead. The Bulldogs took a commanding lead in the sixth inning when a Coheley double drove in Anderson and a Reagan double drove in Coheley. Riggs followed with a
Peyton Reagan
