The Houston Raiders baseball team couldn’t have been any sharper in their Class 3A playoff series opener Friday night at Northcutt Field.
Pitching? A first-game no hitter, 22 total strikeouts and only one unearned run and five hits allowed over 12 innings of a doubleheader.
“At least they are coming here this year and we don’t have to travel that far,” Houston Academy head coach Tony Kirkland said. “It is good to get a home playoff and get the victories here tonight and to have two senior pitchers throw as well as they did.” It would be the closest the Panthers would get to a hit with two infield fly outs and two fly outs the only other balls put in play in the opener.Sheldon Ott, the other senior pitcher, held the Panthers hitless through four innings in game two before allowing two hits in the fifth and two in the sixth. Still, the lefty dominated, striking out 12.
The Raiders padded the margin to 7-0 in the second. Jackson walked and stole second to open the inning then Pitchford laced a shot past third that easily scored courtesy runner Walker Elliott. Pitchford was called out, though, for failing to tag first base.HA added five more in the third and six in the fourth to finish with an 18-0 lead.
The Raiders picked up in game two where they left off in game one, posting a 3-0 lead in the first two innings.
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