No. 2 Sweeny Wins Pitcher's Duel Over El Campo 2-1
April 14, 2018
SWEENY, TX - Made the trip south to catch the No. 2 Ranked team in the PBR Texas Power 25 on Friday night as the Sweeny Bulldogs (21-2) hosted the El Campo Ricebirds (11-15). Starting for Sweeny was 2019 RHP/SS Caden Homniok (Texas A&M commit), while 2018 RHP Taylor Vaclavick (Temple JC commit) toed the rubber for El Campo.
Sweeny got on the board in the first after two walks and an error, Homniok grounded into an RBI fielder’s choice. In the second, 2019 CF Blake Benavides drove in Jaden Bohlar with a hard shot through the left side. 2-0 Sweeny.
El Campo starter Vaclavick settled in for the remainder of the game, getting stronger from the third - sixth inning. He struck out the side in the third, and did not allow another run the rest of the game.
Caden Homniok did the same for Sweeny, recording eight punchouts in just five innings.
In the sixth, Head Coach Mark Durham went to the bullpen for 2018 LHP Ty Ringo (New Mexico JC commit).
El Campo cut the lead in half in the top of the sixth after Taylor Vaclavick doubled to left field and scored two batters later on a Clay Jung single to right field.
In the seventh, Ringo got two quick outs for Sweeny, but walked the third batter of the inning, bringing the winning run to the plate. With one strike on the batter, Ringo picked off the base runner at first to end the game. Final Score: Sweeny 2, El Campo 1.
STATS
Sweeny
Homniok: (W) 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 8 K, 2 BB.
Ringo: (S) 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB. Batting: 0-0, 3 BB, R
Benavides: 1-3, RBI
Bohlar: 1-3, R
El Campo
Vaclavick: 6 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 6 K, 4 BB. Batting: 2-3, 2B
Osina: 1-3
Jung: 1-2, RBI
Jackson: 1-3
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