UIL playoffs: 9 Central Texas high school baseball teams open third round with win

Westlake 4, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 2: August Collard blasted a two-run homer and threw 1 ⅓ innings of scoreless relief, Hayes Brodhead struck out eight and allowed no earned runs in 5 ⅔ innings and Hayden Chung had an RBI triple to lead the Chaps. Jacob Dieterichs ripped a run-scoring single and both Lane Johnson and Anderson Gerault had hits in other notable offense for Westlake.

Dripping Springs 3, La Joya 2: Jason Steele’s RBI triple in the top of the seventh broke a 2-2 tie and spurred the Tigers to the win. Steele finished 3-for-3 with two extra-base hits and two RBIs, Breydan Madeley had a run-scoring single and Jake Pardue finished 3-for-4 to lead the Dripping Springs offense. Cade Sanders only allowed one earned run in 4 ⅓ innings, while Nixon Badilla struck out four in 2 ⅔ innings of relief.

Class 5A Division I

Rouse 8, CC Veterans Memorial 7: Adolfo Erives’ walkoff sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh that scored Liam Mongold gave the Raiders a dramatic come-from-behind win. Rouse entered the final inning trailing 7-6, but Joe Lundeen walked and Mongold singled, then Scott Knight’s bunt produced an error by the Eagles that scored the tying run. Cristian Caro drove in two runs, Brody Sharp and Knight had RBI singles and Mason Gonzalez, Jacob Soliz and Mongold all finished with two hits for the Raiders.

Other scores: Lake Creek 3, Hendrickson 2

Class 5A Division II

Georgetown 7, Port Neches-Groves 2: Cade Ereckson struck out four and only allowed two runs in six innings, Cooper Thomas hit a three-run homer, Jaxsen Van Aken belted a two-run single and Gavin Kelley finished 3-for-3 with an RBI to pace the Eagles.

Weiss 10, Kingwood Park 4: Patrick Brock went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored, Amari Maxwell and Jace Rodriguez both finished 3-for-4 with a run driven in and Andrew Hunter hit a two-run single as the Wolves finished with 14 hits. Rhema Benjamin went 2-for-3 with two walks and an RBI and Jordan Benjamin tossed three innings of relief in other impressive performances for Weiss.

Cedar Park 9, Harlingen South 3: Owen Mansfield went 2-for-4 with a triple, double and two RBIs, Mack Galindo finished 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs and Dominic Naylor went 2-for-3 with a walk, double and two RBIs to pace the Timberwolves. Hudson Cuevas finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in other notable offense for Cedar Park, which received two scoreless innings from Marshall Harvey.

Didn’t play: Liberty Hill

Class 4A Division II

Wimberley 3, Sinton 2: Maverick Jacobs’ RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to score Cannon Couch gave the Texans a walkoff win. Gentry McGinnis struck out 10 in 6 ⅔ innings and Alex Abrusley had an RBI single for Wimberley. Jacobs and Sage Hall both finished with two hits for the Texans.