SINTON — After Game 1 dramatics pushed the first contest between the Ro Hondo Lady Bobcats and the Wimberley Lady Texans to 10 innings on Friday night, Game 2 outdid the first by going 15 innings as the Lady Texans defeated the Lady Cats 9-8 on Saturday night Sinton High School.
Wimberley executed a squeeze play with one out to plate the winning run and tie the Class 4A regional semifinal series at 1-1.
The game, which began at 5 p.m., continued well past 10 p.m. as the two stayed even at 5-5 from the seventh inning through the 13th. The contest was also marred by an hour and half lightning delay.
After the delay, the Lady Bobcats’ bats got going again and scored two runs in the top of the 13th. After hitting a two-base hit, Rio Hondo’s Tianna Sandoval came screeching home on an errant throw to second base. Rio Hondo’s Abbie Alvarado then added another run to make it 7-5 heading into the bottom of the 13th.
However, the Lady Texans responded with two runs of their own as freshman Marika Spector scored on an RBI single by leadoff hitter Zorina Weed.
After stranding more than 18 runners in the first game, Wimberley came out and scored four in the bottom of the first inning and added another in the bottom of the third.
The Lady Bobcats got going and scored three in the top of the fifth and two in the seventh inning.
Game three began at 11:15 p.m. Saturday.
