| Cy-Fair sweeps Westside at home
Due to a strong start, it looked like Westside pitcher Michael Goodnight was going to tie up the series at one apiece for his team to force a decisive game three in their Region III area round playoff against Cy-Fair.
But after an 8-2 victory last Tuesday at Jersey Village, the Bobcats wanted Saturday off.
Cy-Fair defeated Westside 4-1 at home last Friday. After Michael Goodnight and the Wolves struck first, with Michael Goodnight retiring eight of the first nine batters he faced, the Bobcats settled down.
"They played a good ball game and Michael pitched pretty well," Westside coach Emrick Jagneaux said. "He walked a couple to load the bases and you can't do that against a club that can execute the game so well. I left Michael (Michael Goodnight) in there because I felt he could get back in a groove but he didn't. The bottom line is we've got to score more than one run to win a ball game."
Cy-Fair did find themselves in trouble in the first when starting pitcher Logan Moss allowed Westside's leadoff hitter Ryan Still to score after leading the game off with a walk.
But Moss was brilliant the rest of the game. He finished with six strikeouts, two walks and only allowed three hits. Despite the early trouble, Cy-Fair coach Woody Champagne was never worried about his team.
"I have all the confidence in the world in these kids," he said. "I may get upset and chew on them a little bit, but I know they'll always find a way to win. It was two great teams. We were struggling a little bit, but we were able to bring some runs in and we held them down to their one run."
In the fifth inning, Michael Goodnight began to wear down. He walked four batters and allowed Caleb Ramsey's bunt single to just roll by the third-base line for a hit. Twice the Bobcats loaded the bases, and twice Michael Goodnight walked in a run.
He finished the game with six strikeouts and five walks in four innings. Game one starter Taylor Wall relieved him, but Cy-Fair brought in two more runs when third-baseman Michael Poulas hit a routine grounder to Freddy Villalobos.
Moss said he was nervous until the Bobcats picked up the four runs in the fifth. Once his teammates obliged with more offense, he knew he could pick up the slack on the mound with the lead.
"It was a big night, first couple of innings, it didn't look like I'd have it," Moss said. "But I felt like I needed to produce for this team and I started to feel better and began to pick it up."
Moss finished the game by retiring 10 straight batters. Now the Bobcats rest until Tuesday when they face Memorial in the regional quarterfinal round.
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