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Elgin came up short in a two-game district series against Georgetown last week, dropping a 10-0 contest March 25 before narrowly losing 4-3 Friday, March 28.
With the pair of losses, the Wildcats’ record moved to 7-9-1 overall and 2-4 in district play.
The varsity baseball roster faced Pflugerville after press time early Tuesday, and will finish that series at home Friday, April 4, at 7 p.m.
Game 1
Elgin stumbled early as Georgetown raced to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, capitalizing on an RBI triple, a dropped third strike and a groundout throwing error allowing two additional runs. The Wildcats went down in order in the bottom half and remained scoreless through five innings.
The Eagles extended their cushion with a three-run fourth, collecting an RBI single and back-to-back RBI doubles to push the score to 7-0.
Georgetown sealed a run-rule victory after adding three more runs in the fifth and closing out the Wildcats in the bottom half.
Elgin managed just four hits on the day, struggling to put runners on base. Junior Tyson McFarlin led Elgin with two hits, while senior Jalen Owens took the loss on the mound—pitching 3 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs and recording nine strikeouts.
Game 2
The Wi ldcat s regrouped for Friday’s finale, fighting to the last out in the one-point loss.
A pi tcher s’ duel emerged early, as both offenses went scoreless through two innings.
Elgin scratched across two runs in the third, taking advantage of multiple Georgetown errors to lead 2-0.
After a scoreless fourth, the Eagles closed the gap to 2-1 with an RBI triple in the fifth.
In the top of the sixth, senior Jack Grames managed a solo home run, extending the Wildcats’ advantage to 3-1.
Georgetown promptly answered in the bottom half, tallying three runs—fueled by consecutive triples—to edge ahead 4-3.
Elgin went down in order in the seventh, ending its comeback hopes.
Grames pitched six innings, surrendering four runs while striking out nine.
