By: Aiden Alcorta
Unfortunately, this article will be the last baseball of the year for boys baseball. It has been super amazing to have covered Baseball all season and seeing the guys improve throughout the season leaving everything on the field. Leaving off on last month’s issue, the Eagles took on the Floresville Tigers on April 23rd at Floresville. The Eagles and the Tigers were having a back and forth game all night, The Eagles had the game going with the first few hits of the game taking a lead on the Tigers but unfortunately the Tigers made some adjustments and started getting on a roll against the Eagles defense scoring multiple runs and securing the tight 11-10 win over Pleasanton.
Next off, the Eagles played the Uvalde Coyotes at home on April 24th at home. As the boys got off to a slow start, Uvalde took advantage of that and went on an early scoring run on the Eagles. Although trailing, the Eagles were struggling to get on board the entire game while Uvalde was on a hitting spree, scoring 18 runs on Pleasanton. With all the fight left, the Eagles came up with a loss to the Coyotes losing 18-1. The Eagles now had secured a playoff spot after the win against Pearsall after a tough season. The boys had a practice game against La Vernia on April 27th in La Vernia. The Eagles were off to a great start taking a 2-0 lead on the Bears then the Bears found their spark and started going on a hitting spree hitting 12 runs on the Eagles. The boys fought hard and competed but unfortunately fell short 12-5.
With the first round of playoffs underway the Eagles were matched up against the Navarro Panthers with their first game being on April 30th at Eagle Field. The Eagles started off the game struggling to get on the board and couldn’t get anything going as for the Panthers they were on a roll hitting and defensively wise. Unfortunately the Eagles fell short losing game 1 with a score of 12-0. In game two the boys traveled to Navarro with the mindset of tying the series up. The Panthers went on an early game run with a score of 3-0. The Eagles battled and fought as hard as they could but ended up falling in the first round to the Panthers with a score of 6-1.
The Pleasanton Eagles Boys Baseball had an amazing season with all their blood,sweat and tears poured into the season they accomplished their goals of making the playoffs.