Farmersville’s Will Shirley struck out eight and allowed two hits and zero earned runs in a 14-1 win over Wills Point on March 11. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media
By David Wolman
Farmersville pitcher Will Shirley struck out eight over four innings and allowed just two hits and zero earned runs in a 14-1 run-rule win for the Farmers baseball team over Wills Point on March 11.
Camden Anderson closed out the victory, allowing one hit with one strikeout.
The Farmers’ offense backed up Shirley with four runs in each of the first two innings.
Shirley backed his own cause with an RBI double in the bottom of the first to get Farmersville on the board. The Farmers scored the next two runs on wild pitches. Seth Brooks gave the Farmers a 4-0 lead with an RBI single.
Shirley went 2-for-2 with three RBIs.
Wills Point answered with a double in the top of the second.
Farmersville (1-2 in district) proceeded to put the game out of reach in the home half of the inning. A hit by pitch with the bases loaded plated the eighth Farmers run.
The Farmers continued to get good pitching Friday. Mason Day and Brady Aungst combined for five strikeouts and allowed just five hits and zero earned runs. However, two errors came back to hurt Farmersville in a 2-0 loss to Community.
Community pitcher Cutter Nix struck out 10 and allowed five hits over seven shutout innings.
The Lady Farmers softball team was in action that same night against Community.
After surrendering 11 runs to Wills Point in the first inning in an 18-1 loss earlier in the week, Farmersville’s pitching kept the team in Friday’s game against Community.
Breelynn Pollard held the Lady Braves to three runs over the game’s first five innings and yielded just one earned run with two strikeouts for the game. However, 11 defensive errors proved costly in an 8-1 loss.
Community scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to turn a close 3-1 game into an 8-1 rout. Three of the five runs were scored on errors. The other two came on back-to-back singles.
Farmersville’s only run came on an RBI groundout by Haley Watkins in the top of the fourth. Pollard, who led off the inning with a single, scored.
The Lady Farmers (0-3 in district) were held to two hits.
Against Wills Point, Farmersville’s lone tally came courtesy of an RBI double by senior catcher Jacey Wheaton in the bottom of the first inning.
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