Yoakum baseball: Yoakum ties with Bears in LG Tournament

The Yoakum Bulldogs baseball tied one and lost two last week in the La Grange Tournament.
Yoakum 5, La Vernia 5
The Bulldogs’ second game with La Vernia in six days went a lot better. Yoakum and the Bears battled to a 5-5 tie Thursday morning in the La Grange Tournament.
La Vernia scored a run in the first and second innings and went up 4-0 with two more in the fourth.
Yoakum had a great top-of-the sixth with five runs scored before the Bears tied the game in the bottom of the inning.
Garrett Green, Trae Cuellar and Corey Gomez each had two hits at the plate.
Green pitched five innings, five runs on seven hits, one batter hit, four walks and three strikeouts. Brenton Jacob worked two innings with three hits and one strikeout.
Jayden Jones and Sutton Pavliska each made four putouts on defense.
Yoakum hitting/base running — Garrett Green 2-3, 1 run, 1 RBI; Trae Cuellar 2-4, 1 run; Corey Gomez 2-3, 1 RBI; Ty Gordon 1-3, 1 run; Trey Olivares 1-2, 1 run; Sutton Pavliska 1 run.
Yoakum pitching — Green 5 IP, 7 hits, 5 runs,  1 batter hit, 4 walks, 3K; Brenton Jacob 2 IP, 3 hits, 1K.
Yoakum fielding/defense — Jayden Jones 4 putouts; Pavliska 4 putouts, 1 assist; Trae Cuellar 3 putouts; Will Robbins 2 putouts, 1 assist; Qyion Williams 2 putouts; Trey Olivares 1 putout, 1 assist; Gome 1 putout.
Y    000 005 0 5 8 0
LV 110 201 0 5 10 2
La Grange 6, Yoakum 2
The ‘Dogs lost an early lead, falling to the hosts 6-2 later on Thursday.
Yoakum scored two runs in the top of the second for a 2-0 lead and the Leopards scored a single run before taking a 3-2 lead after batting in the third frame. La Grange brought in one run in the fourth and a pair in the fifth.
Andrew Lara led at the plate with a double, RBI and run scored. Lara started on the mound and went 2 2/3 innings; Will Robbins worked 3 1/2 innings in relief and made four putouts; Pavlsika also had four putouts.
Yoakum hitting/base running — Andrew Lara 1-2, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 double; Trey Olivares 1-2, 1 run; Brenton Jacob 1-3; Cade McCoy 1-1, 1 RBI; Garrett Green 1-1.
Yoakum pitching — Lara 2.2 IP, 6 hits, 3 runs, 1 batter hit, 1 wild pitch, 3 walks, 3K; Will Robbins 3.1 IP, 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 balks, 3 walks, 3K.
Yoakum hitting/defense — Robbins 4 putouts, 1 assist; Sutton Pavliska 4 putouts; Lara 1 putout, 3 assists; McCoy 1 putout, 1 assist; Wyaytt Hanzelka 1 putout; Camden Scherrer 1 putout; Jamar Hopkins 1 putout; Ty Gordon 2 assists; Olivares 1 assist.
Y   020 000 0 2 5 0
LG 012 120 x 6 11 0
Whitney 5, Yoakum 2
Whitney scored late runs to rally to defeat Yoakum 5-2 on Friday.
The ‘Dogs led 2-0 going into the bottom of the fourth and Whitney scored three runs before scoring twice in the fifth inning.
Ty Gordon had two of Yoakum’s five hits and pitched 3 1/3 innings with three runs on one hit, one batter hit, four walks and four strikeouts. Jacob pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief with four hits, two runs and one strikeout.
Pavliska had four putouts in the field.
Yoakum hitting/base running — Ty Gordon 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 stolen base; Garrett Green 1-2; Cade McCoy 1-2, 1 RBI; Trey Olivares 1-3, 1 stolen base; Sutton Pavliska 1 run; Jayden Jones 1 run, 1 stolen base; Jamar Hopkins 1 stolen base.
Yoakum pitching — Gordon 3.1 IP, 1 hit, 3 runs, 1 batter hit, 4 walks, 4K; Brenton Jacob 1.2 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1K.
Yoakum fielding/defense — Pavliska 4 putouts; Green 2 putouts; Corey Gomez 2 putouts; Gordon 1 putout, 1 assist; Jones 1 putout; McCoy 1 assist.
Y 001 10x x 2 5 0
W 000 32x x 5 5 0