Baseball roundup: Southlake Carroll sweeps past Mansfield

Southlake Carroll starter Kole Ramage threw a three-hit 2-0 shutout Saturday against Mansfield to complete a two-game sweep of the Tigers in a Class 6A bi-district baseball series.

Carroll (21-6-1) moves on to face either Hebron or Denton Ryan in the area round next week.

Ramage (8-1) worked efficiently, striking out three and not walking a batter in an effort that took less than two hours to complete.

“This is the outing he’s thrown all year,” Carroll coach Larry Hughes said. “He hasn’t given up anything hardly all year, and just kept them off balance, had great control, and I can’t ask for more.”

Second baseman Soren Krug walked to lead off the bottom of the first and advanced to third, where he scored the game’s first run on a wild pitch from Mansfield starter Parker Fanning.

Carroll shortstop Hudson Sanchez added an insurance run in the fourth on a solo home run to left center field.

McKinney Boyd 0-6, Keller Fossil Ridge 7-5: Fossil Ridge rallied from Friday’s loss to win Game 2 Saturday, and rallied again in Game 3, only to come up one rally short in a 2-1 bi-district series loss to Boyd (22-10-1).

Cesar Gomez tossed a three-hit shutout, 7-0, to force the deciding game at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie.

Fossil Ridge (20-13) rallied in Game 3 for a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth. But a four-run outburst in the seventh sealed Boyd’s 6-5 victory and a berth in the area round next week against Coppell.

Midland Lee 6-14, Arlington Martin 7-4: Martin lost 14-4 in Game 3 and was ousted by the Rebels (22-7) one year after a runner-up finish in the Class 6A state title game.

Eric Walker and Connor Lidiak combined to scatter six runs and eights hits in a 7-6 win for Martin (22-10) in Game 2.

Chapman Payton worked five innings in Game 3 to pick up the win for Lee.

Fort Worth Paschal 2, Odessa 1: The Panthers (23-6) loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh and Collin Meek delivered the walk-off, game-winning run, scoring Reese McDonald on a liner to center field to sweep the bi-district series.

Paschal moves on to face the winner between El Paso Americas and Amarillo Tascosa in the area round next week.

Panthers starting pitcher Drew Medford went the distance, giving up one run on four hits and striking out four.

He also was 5 for 7 with an RBI and a walk in the series.

Weatherford 5, Odessa Permian 0: Spencer Hynes and Garrett Mendoza combined for a three-hit shutout as the Kangaroos (20-9) swept Permian.

The Panthers (11-14-3) were shut out twice by Weatherford.

Blake Burrows was 1 for 3 and plated two runs, while Bryce Burks also scored twice for the Kangaroos.

Weatherford will face either Lubbock Coronado or Wolfforth Frenship next week.

Flower Mound 2, Keller Timber Creek 0: Timber Creek managed 7 hits, but stranded 12 runners and Flower Mound (21-7) held on to sweep the Falcons.

The Jaguars turned to three pitchers to hold the shutout in place. Timber Creek (23-7-1) got a strong effort from sophomore Mateo Gil, who scattered two runs (one earned) and fives hits over six innings.

Midland 11, Arlington 0: Midland’s Evan Mata tossed a two-hit shutout and the Bulldogs ended things early for the second straight game in a run-ruled, series-clinching Game 2 win at Abilene Christian.

Midland (22-10) will face the winner of El Paso Eastwood and Amarillo in the area round next week. The Colts (12-16) had only one runner advance to second base.

Keller 9, Plano 4: The Indians (22-8-2) used four pitchers to scatter four runs and five hits for a sweep of Plano. Shea Langeliers was 3-for-5 in series with a run scored and 5 RBIs.

He was followed closley by Zane Wilkinson, who was 2 for 2 with three runs scored and Hunter Seay who went 2 for 6, scoring five times with two RBI.

Keller will face the winner between Colleyville Heritage and South Grand Prairie.

Midlothian 4-4, Euless Trinity 3-0: The Panthers (24-4-1) plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh to win 4-3 and force a deciding game, then won 4-0 in Game 3 to eliminate Euless Trinity (16-13-1).

For the series, J.B. Garrett was 3 for 11 with four runs scored, Zach Humphreys was 5 for 8 with two runs scored and four RBI and Kyler Castillo was 3 for 8 with a run scored and an RBI.

Midlothian moves on to face Flower Mound.

This story was originally published May 7, 2016 at 6:20 PM with the headline "Baseball roundup: Southlake Carroll sweeps past Mansfield."