Junior Travis Tomek hurls the ball in the first inning for the Bay City Blackcats as the Blackcats edged the Dickinson Gators 4-3 on Friday, May 2, at Clute in game one.
ROSS CUNNINGHAM - Matagorda Advocate
May 08, 2008 - 3:23 p.m.
The Bay City Blackcats edged the Dickinson Gators 4-3 with a game winning single by Travis Tomek in the bottom of the seventh inning as Trevor Seidel stepped on home plate on Friday, May 2, at Brazoswood High School in Clute. Seidel hit the game winner with the bases loaded and only one out to win the first game in the playoff series.
One of the other heroes of the game was Bay City catcher Chance Leissner who tagged out two Gator base runners at the plate in the seventh inning. The Gators started their rally in the top of the seventh inning trailing Bay City 3-2. Lead off batter Justin Audrey started the comeback for Dickinson with a lead off single. Robert Ruffin took first base on an overthrow that went into the dugout giving each runner an additional base with runners on second and third base. Logan Cary tied the game at 3-all for the Gators with a single to left field. Chris Myers followed with a ground ball to third baseman Chad Barrett who threw the ball to Leissner at the plate for the second out. Tim Pitkin singled to centerfield but a rifle throws by Travis Tomek to Leissner nipped the base runner at the plate to end the inning tied at 3-all.
The Blackcats scored first in the contest in the top of the third inning. Colby Hines opened the game with a lead off triple down the right field line. Zach Benson walked and stole second base for the Blackcats after Tomek went down swinging. Hines scored the first run on a wild pitch and Benson ran to third base. Leissner followed with an RBI single to left field for a 2-0 Bay City lead. Tomek retired all three Gator batters to end the inning for Dickinson in the top of the second inning and also stopped the Gators in the third inning as Bay City led after three innings 2-0.
Bay City had an opportunity to score in the third inning with the bases loaded but couldn’t get a hit as Derek Montgomery popped out and Seidel went down swinging to end the inning. The Gators finally got on the board in the fourth inning to cut the lead in half as Ray Whitley doubled to score Myers from second who singled earlier to start the inning. The Gators tied the game on a wild pitch as the runners advanced. Austin Audrey followed with a walk. Myers was caught off the bag at third base and tagged out in the run down to end the inning at the plate by Leissner for Bay City to keep the game tied at 2-all.
Bay City started a late rally with two outs in the fifth inning with Montgomery taking the lead with a walk, Seidel singled and Barrett followed with a walk to load the bases. The Gators bobbled the ball on a routine grounder scoring Montgomery from third for a 3-2 Bay City lead. Shaun Rutherford relieved Tomek as pitcher for the Blackcats in the sixth inning and only allowed one hit, fanned two batters and had a ground out to end the inning. The Gators tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the seventh on an RBI single by Myers. The defensive player of the game for the Advocate went to Chance Leissner for his play at the plate. The offensive player of the game went to Tomek who scored the winning run with a single.
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