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Shiner baseball: Comanches win three at Hallettsville tourney

  • Charlie Clifford throws a pitch in the Hallettsville game. Photo courtesy of Howard Esse.
    Charlie Clifford throws a pitch in the Hallettsville game. Photo courtesy of Howard Esse.
  • Carson Schuette makes a throw to first after fielding a ball in Thursday’s Hallettsville Tournament.
    Carson Schuette makes a throw to first after fielding a ball in Thursday’s Hallettsville Tournament.

    Shiner won its first district game and went 3-1 in the Hallettsville Tournament
    Shiner 16, Bloomington 0
    Jake Simper went 4-for-4 with three runs, one home run, double and five RBI to help Shiner post a 16-0 win at Bloomington on March 3 to open district play. Landen Christensen got two hits, both doubles, to go along with two runs and two RBI. Carson Schuette hit 2-for-3 with three runs and one RBI.
    Simper pitched two innings with five strikeouts while Clayton Fric worked two frames with a walk  and four strikeouts to combine for a no-hit shutout.
    Shiner started strong with nine runs in the first inning and two runs in each of the second and third innings.
    The Comanches scored three runs in the fourth inning.
    Shiner hitting/base running  — Jake Simper, 4-4,. 3 runs, 1 home run, 5 RBI, 1 double, 1 stolen base;  Landen Christensen, 2-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles;  Carson Schuette, 2-3, 3 runs, 1 RBI, 3 stolen  bases; Cauy Herman, 1-1, 2 runs, 1 double, 1 stolen base; Charlie Clifford, 1-4, 1 run; Boe Boehm, 1-2, 1 run; Jacob Nerada, 1 run, 1 stolen base;  Chase Malinovsky, 1 run; Preston Todd, 1 run; Aaron Migl, 1 run; Caleb Lehnert, 1 RBI; Kyle Zaruba, 1 RBI.
    Shiner pitching — Simper, 2 IP, 5K; Clayton Fric, 2 IP, 1 walk, 4K.
    S    922    3xx    x    16    1    
    B    000    0xx    x    0    0    
    Hallettsville Tournament
    Shiner 6, Navarro 5
    The Comanches scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to break a 3-3 tie and endured two late runs to edge Navarro 6-5 Thursday to open the Hallettsville Tournament.
    The Comanches led 2-1 after the first inning and 3-2 after each team scored one in the third box.
    The Panthers scored a run in the top of the fourth before Shiner got a trio in the bottom of the inning and Navarro scored one in the fifth and once in the seventh.
    At the plate, Jacob Nerada was 2-for-4, Charlie Clifford hit 1-for-3 with two runs and Landen Christensen finished 1-for-2 with one run.
    Christensen pitched seven innings with five runs on five hits, one batter hit, six walks and five strikeouts.
    Shiner hitting/base running — Jacob Nerada, 2-4; Charlie Clifford, 1-3, 2 runs, 1 double; Landen Christensen, 1-2, 1 run, 1 stolen base; Preston Todd, 1-2, 1 run; Carson Schuette, 1 run, 1 stolen base; Caleb Lehnert, 1 run; Landyn Pohler, 1 stolen base.
    Shiner pitching — Christensen, 7 IP, 5 hits, 5 runs, 1 batter hit, 6 walks, 5K.
    N    101    110    1    5    5    
    S    201    300    x    6    5    
    Shiner 7, Giddings 2
    Clifford went 3 for-3 with a run and RBI as Shiner won its second Thursday game with a 7-2 score over the Giddings Buffaloes.
    Lane Simper pitched seven frames with two runs on four hits, two walks and five strikeouts. Christensen had five putouts in the field.
    Schuette started things at the top of the first with a walk. He stole second and advanced to third on a passed ball; Schuette went home on Clifford’s first hit.
    Both teams went in order in the second frame.
    In the top of the third, Jake Simper got a two-out single, followed by a Clifford hit to left field. Jacob Nerada doubled to right field to put Shiner ahead 3-0.
    In the fourth inning, Cauy Herman singled and later scored on Boe Boehm’s ground out to second base.
    Giddings started their fourth time at bat with a single by Corbin Medack and then one by Brandon Burgdorf. Gunnar Fromme brought in Medack with a single and Burgdorf went home on a sacrifice from Austen Marth.
    In the fifth frame, Jake Simper reached on an error and later scored on another error. Shiner went up 7-2 in the sixth inning as Caleb Lehnert got a hit and scored from third on a single from Schuette, who later went home on a Boehm fly ball to center.
    Shiner had one double play on defense — in the sixth inning, Burgdorf got a one-out walk.  Fromme hit a ball to Schuette at shortstop who got the out on Burgdorf and then turned the double play with a pass to Christensen at first.
    Shiner hitting/base running — Charlie Clifford, 3-3, 1 run, 1 RBI; Carson Schuette, 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, 3 stolen bases; Jacob Nerada, 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 double; Jake Simper, 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 stolen base; Cauy Herman, 1-2, 1 run, 1 stolen base;  Caleb Lehnert, 1-3, 1 run;  Landen Christensen, 1-3;  Boe Boehm,l 1 RBI; Clayton Fric, 1 stolen base.
    Shiner pitching —  Lane Simper, 7 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 5K.
    Shiner fielding/defense —  Christensen, 5 putouts, 2 assists; Schuette, 3 putouts, 3 assists; Lane Simper, 3 putouts, 2 assists; Jake Simper, 2 putouts; Caleb Lehnert, 1 putout; Boehm, 1 putout; Herman, 1 putout.
    S    102    112    0    7    10    0
    G    000    200    0    2    4    6
    S — Lane Simper and Jacob Nerada. G — Corbin Medack, Hunter Jacobs (5), Gunnar Fromme (6), Kasen Schnell (7) and Brandon Burgdorf. W —Simper. L — Medack.
    2B — S: Nerada. 
    Shiner 12, Brazos 10
    Clifford went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs as Shiner squeezed out a 12-10 win over Brazos on Saturday.
    The score was 1-1 after one and Shiner led 3-1 after two innings. 
    The Comanches outscored the Cougars 4-1 in the third; Shiner added a run in the fourth frame and outscored Brazos 4-2 in the fifth inning.
    The Cougars got back in the game with six runs in the top of the fifth but coud not completely close the gap. 
    Shiner hitting — Charlie Clifford, 3-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Jake Simper, 1-2, 1 run, 4 RBI, 1 double; Jacob Nerada, 1-2, 1 run, 1 RBI; Lane Simper, 1-3, 1 run; Landen Christensen, 1-1, 1 RBI; Lane Simper, 1-3, 1 run; Landyn Pohler, 1 run; Caleb Lehnert, 1 run.
    Shiner pitching — Jake Simper, 5 IP, 4 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks, 4K; Clayton Fric, 0.2 IP, 5 runs, 1 batter hit, 1K; Preston Todd, 1 run, 3 walks; Kaden Neskora, 0.1 IP, 1 batter hit, 1 walk, 1K.
    B    101    026    x    10    4    
    S    124    14x    x    12    7    
    Hallettsville 18, Shiner 2
    The host Brahmas allowed just two runs and two hits in an 18-2 win over the Comanches later on Saturday. The Brahmas led 3-1 after one inning, outscored Shiner 4-1 in the second before scoring five in the third and six in the fourth. Christensen went 1-for-2 with one run and Clifford had one hit. Schuette scored one run.
    Shiner hitting — Charlie Clifford, 1-2, 1 RBI; Landen Christensen, 1-2, 1 run; Carson Schuette, 1 run; Caleb Lehnert, 1 RBI
    Shiner pitching — Charlie Clifford, 3 IP, 9 hits, 12 runs, 2 walks, 3K; Boe Boehm, 0.2 IP, 3 hits, 6 runs, 1 batter hit, 3 walks, 7K; Triston Vesely, 0.1 IP, 1K.
    S    110    0xx    x    2    2    
    H    345    6xx    x    18    12