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Shiner baseball: Comanches down Thorndale in two games.

Kenedy next up for Comanches

  • The Shiner Comanches have a short meeting before the game. Photo by Mark Lube.
    The Shiner Comanches have a short meeting before the game. Photo by Mark Lube.
  • AJ Patek attempts to tag out a Bulldog base runner. Photo by Mark Lube
    AJ Patek attempts to tag out a Bulldog base runner. Photo by Mark Lube
  • Bryce Filip with a swing in the first game. He posted three hits, a double and brought in two runs in Game 2. Photo by Mark Lube.
    Bryce Filip with a swing in the first game. He posted three hits, a double and brought in two runs in Game 2. Photo by Mark Lube.
  • Ryan Peterson started and pitched six squares in the first game. Photo by Mark Lube.
    Ryan Peterson started and pitched six squares in the first game. Photo by Mark Lube.
  • Ryan Peterson glances over to head coach Daniel Boedeker at third base. Photo courtesy of James Pustka.
    Ryan Peterson glances over to head coach Daniel Boedeker at third base. Photo courtesy of James Pustka.

    The Shiner Comanches scored nine total runs and gave up one run to sweep Thorndale (1-0, 8-1) in the regional-quarterfinal series Thursday and Friday at La Grange Baseball Field.
    Shiner will play Kenedy in the regional quarterfinals at Victoria Riverside Stadium. Game one will be Wednesday (May 25) at 7 p.m. Game two will be at 5 on Thursday (May 26) and game three, if needed, will follow 30 minutes after.
    Shiner 1, Thorndale 0
    With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Shiner catcher Bryce Nerada negated the need for a further inning (or three or four) with a shot past second base that scored Ryan Peterson for the walk-off run in a 1-0 pitcher duel.
    “I knew that curveball was coming,” he said. “We just had to sit on the curveballs and attack the fast balls. Thorndale was very solid in the field.”
    The bottom of the eighth started with Peterson picking up a leadoff walk and got to second on a sacrifice by Drew Wenske.
    “It was huge for us to be able to keep a good-hitting team like Thorndale where they were,” Shiner head coach Daniel Boedeker said. “I thought our pitchers did an outstanding job and our defense made the plays when they had to. Finally got that clutch hit we needed.”
    Peterson and Wenske combined for a no-hitter with three hits, a pair of walks and 14 total strikeouts.
    “We were able to keep them off the board. They are a great hitting team,” Peterson said.
    Nerada led the offensive effort with three hits; Keenan Hailey got two hits and AJ Patek got a double for Shiner’s lone extra-base hit.
    The ‘Dogs started well with a hit to start the game and took advantage o a Shine error and walk to eventually get a runner to third before Shiner made the final out.
    Shiner went through the first three innings with just Patek’s double in the second and he was later caught stealing at third. Shiner got a pair of hits in the fourth and sixth frames and a lone hit in the fifth.
    Thorndale had two of their three hits, including a double, in the first three boxes but were limited to one hit in the last five innings. They did get a couple of base runners on a walk and error in the latter stages of the game.
    Shiner hitting/offense — Bryce Nerada, 3-4, 1 RBI; AJ Patek, 1-4, 1 double; Keenan Hailey, 2-3; Carson Schuette, 1-3; Ryan Peterson, 1 run; Jace Moeller, 1 stolen bases.
    Shiner pitching — Peterson, 6 IP, 3 hits, 2 walks 10K; Drew Wenske, 2 IP, winning pitcher, 4K.
    Shiner fielding/defense —Patek, 6 putouts; Schuette, 2 putouts; Cale Shows, 1 putout; Wenske, 3 assists; Bryce Filip, 1 assist.
    T 000 000 00 0 3 0
    S 000 000 01 1 7 1
    T —Logan Davis and Broedie Salas. S — Ryan Peterson, Drew Wenske (7) and Bryce Nerada. W — Wenske. L — Davis.
    2B — T: Luke Merz. S: AJ Patek
    Shiner 8, Thorndale 1 (Game 2)
    The Bulldogs managed to become the first team to score a run against the Comanches up to this point in the playoffs but it was no consolation for Thorndale as Shiner worked to an 8-1 win in the second game to earn the sweep.
    Shiner scored one run in the top of the second and went  up 3-0 after three innings. The Comanches brought in two runs in the fourth and added three in the sixth.
    The ‘Dogs ended the shutout with one run in the bottom of the seventh.
    Wenske earned the win with one hit, two walks and eight strikeouts; Carson Schuette worked one inning with one hit, one run and two strikeouts.
    At the plate, Bryce Filip was 3-for-4, double and two RBI; Peterson went 2-for-4 with two runs, double and two RBI; Patek was 2-for-3, run and pair of RBI; Moeller got two hits and scored one run.
    Patek got four putouts.
    Shiner hitting/offense — Filip, 3-4, 1 double, 2 RBI; Peterson, 2-4, 2 runs, 1 double, 2 RBI; Patek, 2-3, 1 run, 2 RBI; Moeller, 2-4, 1 RBI; Hailey, 1-4, 1 run; Nerada, 1-3; Shows, 2 runs; Wenske, 1 run; Hunter Knight, 1 run.
    Shiner pitching — Wenske, 6 IP, winning pitcher, 1 hit, 2 walks, 8K; Schuette, 1 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 2K.
    Shiner fielding/defense — Patek, 6 putouts; Peterson, 1 putout, 2 assists; Schuette, 1 putout; Shows, 1 putout; Moeller, 1 putout; Filip.1 putout, 2 assists; Nerada, 1 assist.
    S 012 203 0 8 11 0
    T  000 000 1 1 2 0