Hayfield baseball team advances on 7th inning suicide squeeze
Published 8:16 pm Thursday, May 23, 2013
![Hayfield's Cam Rutledge pitches against Randolph at Riverland Thursday. -- Photo Provided by Mary Nelson](https://www.austindailyherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2013/05/hayfieldbb.jpg)
Hayfield’s Cam Rutledge pitches against Randolph at Riverland Thursday. — Photo Provided by Mary Nelson
HAYFIELD — The Viking baseball team pulled off a thrilling come from behind win to beat No. 6 Randolph (3-10-1 overall) in the Section 1A West quarterfinals in Riverland Thursday.
The No. 3 Vikings (7-11 overall) won the game in the bottom of the seventh when JB Stackhouse laid down a suicide squeeze bunt to a score a run.
“We had our big clean-up hitter and nobody saw it coming,” Hayfield head coach Kasey Krekling said.
Hayfield trailed 2-0 heading into the seventh with the bottom of the order up, but Cam Rutledge, who picked up the mound win, lined a two-run single into left field to tie the game at 2-2.
“It was looking bleak and we didn’t hit very well until the seventh inning,” Krekling said.
Hayfield will play Southland (13-2 overall) in the Section 1A West semifinals in Riverland Saturday at 10 a.m.
Hayfield pitching: Cam Rutledge (W), 7 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3 K
Hayfield hitting: Cole Kruger, 0-for-3, BB, R; Rutledge, 1-for-3, 2 RBIs, BB; JB Stackhouse, 2-for-4, RBI; Jason Born, 1-for-2; Carter Pesch, 1-for-3, R