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As the Tigers enter the top district teams, they have been able to recover from opening series losses to gain splits and stay in the hunt for the championship. After their split with Austin Bowie, the Tigers faced the undefeated Lake Travis Cavaliers. It was a tremendous series featuring some of the top pitchers in the area. In both games the winner was decided in the first inning. In game one, the four Tiger pitchers that tried could not stop the scoring. LT opened with five runs enroute to a 10-0 win. The LT pitcher allowed three hits and struckout 15. Cade Sanders, Sam Branyon and Bobby Wilkinson collected the hits.
The second game was home and the Tigers were not about to be embarrassed again. They started their ace, Blake Cox, and he responded with a one-hit complete game, including 8K. Branyon opened with a walk and Jake Pardue singled. With one-out, Jason Steele drove them in with a triple and then scored on Nixon Badilla's sac fly. That was it for the night.
Lake Travis has a series with Westlake ahead as does Dripping Springs. The results of those will decide the district.
Prior to the LT series, the Tigers defeated Austin Anderson 10-2 in a practice game. Getting two of the 12 hits were Pardue, Steele, Sanders, Wilkinson and Breydan Madeley.
