Comfort High’s baseball season came to an end last week after the Bobcats were swept by Jacksboro in the second round.
CHS put up a good fight, but were swept by the Tigers, 8-0 and 14-10, to conclude the Bobcat season at 24-7-1.
The Bobcats were the only team in their district to advance to the second round after the other three went out in the first round.
Game 2 Comfort 10, Jacksboro 14
Both the Bobcats and Tigers raced out of the gate in Saturday’s Game 2 with strong starts, but a strong finish by Jacksboro carried them to a 14-10 win in Brownwood.
After Jacksboro scored 3 runs in the top of the first, Comfort fired back with 8 runs in the bottom of the frame for the 8-3 lead.
The Bobcats put their first five batters on with three walks, a hit batter and a single to make it 3-2. Another hit batter, a walk and a double by Rhyder George put the Cats on top, 6-3.
Mason Matt singled to bring in Owen Schulze, and it was 7-3 and then George scored on a wild pitch to make it 8-3, but the Bobcat lead didn’t hold for long.
The Tigers fired back with 5 runs in the top of the second and tied it at 8-8. Like Comfort did in the previous inning, Jacksboro put its first five batters on before there was an out.
The Bobcats answered in the bottom of the second with a pair of runs after an error allowed Augie Diaz de Villegas to score and a Schulze single brought in Cade Woerner and the Bobcats were up 10-8.
Unfortunately for Comfort, they couldn’t keep up the pace and didn’t score the rest of the way and Jacksboro closed out the game by scoring the final 6 runs of the game.
A solo home run in the top of the fourth made it 10-9 and then the Tigers tallied another run in the fifth to tie it up at 10-10.
From there, Jacksboro pulled away with a 4-run sixth inning and recorded a triple, double, two singles, and took advantage of a Comfort error to get its 4 runs for the 14-10 lead.
Mason Matter tripled in the fourth and that ended up being Comfort’s last hit of the game. Schulze took a walk in the fifth and those were the only two Bobcats that made it safely on base in the final four frames.
Comfort finished with 6 hits, Matter’s triple and a double from Schulze, along with singles from Mason Matt, Matt Kemp, Cade Woerner and George.
Diaz de Villegas led the team with 2 runs scored, while eight others scored one each and Travis Gwaltney, Schulze and George all picked up 2 RBI apiece.
Matter threw 1.1 innings, Zach Jones faced 3 batters and Schulze went the final 5.1 innings and struck out 4 batters.
Game 1 Comfort 0, Jacksboro 8
The Bobcats were shutout for the first time this season after the Tigers took the first game on Friday, 8-0.
Jacksboro tallied 2 runs in the first, 2 in the second and 4 in the fourth and held on for the shutout victory.
Rhyder George recorded two of Comfort’s hits and Matt Kemp had the other. George singled in the third and sixth innings, while Kemp singled in the fourth and Cade Woerner took a walk.
Gunner Carpenter started on the hill and tossed three innings and left after giving up 3 hits, 4 runs but only 1 was earned, while he walked 2 and struck out 1.
Zach Jones, Owen Schulze and Woerner all tossed in the game as well. Schulze went 2 innings and yielded 3 hits, 2 runs, a walk and fanned a batter, while Woerner threw an inning and didn’t give up a hit, walk or run, and Jones faced two batters and gave up 2 walks and 2 runs.
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