Friendswood Mustangs High School Baseball News

5/29/09 - FW loses Game 2 7-6. Griffin pitched 4 innings scattering 3 hits , and 2 runs, 1 earned. Michael Ruiz pitched 2 innings allowing allowing 6 hits and 5 runs. Friendswood fought back to regain the lead twice, but just could not hold on. We had two 3 run rallies in the third and sixth! In the third, we got it done as follows;

 Jordan Johnson flied out to second., Brandon Hollier flied out to third.  Micheal Ruiz walked. Cody Bergeson walked, Micheal Ruiz to second. Alex Anastas walked, Micheal Ruiz to third, Cody Bergeson to second.  Kyle Singleton singled, Micheal Ruiz scored, Cody Bergeson scored, Alex Anastas to third, Alex Anastas scored on left fielder  fielding error, Kyle Singleton to second on existing error. Austin Fitzpatrick grounded out to short to end the inning. Huge hit by Kyle!

In the sixth we scored 3 again -  Austin Fitzpatrick hit by pitch.  Forest Allday flied out to the catcher. Kevin Thornton walked, Austin Fitzpatrick to second. Jordan Johnson on base by fielder's choice, Austin Fitzpatrick to third, Kevin Thornton forced out at second.  Brandon Hollier walked, Jordan Johnson to second.  Austin Fitzpatrick scored on wild pitch, Jordan Johnson to third on existing error, Brandon Hollier to second on existing error Micheal Ruiz walked.  Cody Bergeson singled, Jordan Johnson scored, Brandon Hollier scored, Micheal Ruiz to second.  Alex Anastas on base by fielder's choice, Micheal Ruiz to third, Cody Bergeson forced out at second.

Nederland stormed back in the 6th and FW did not have another rally in them. Good game.

WP - Smith

LP - Ruiz

HR - Pitts

5/28/09 - Tough loss to a tough team.  Friendswood ran into a very tough pitcher who struck out 13 of our Stangs and only allowed 4 hits. Kyle Burris pitched well allowing 6 runs, 3 earned. Austin Fitzpatrick stayed hot with the bat, belting a one run homer. Time to win two in a row!

WP - Bellow

LP - Burris

5/23/09 - Preston Schulze pitched a complete game to pick up the win. 6 innings pitched, 4 hits, 1 walks, 5 runs(1 earned), 4 K's. Awesome job by the senior to step up and win this game. Friendswood jumped out to a 9-0 lead and cruised in for the 6 inning run rule game. There were all kinds of hitting stars for Friendswood, but Austin Fitzpatrick lead the charge going 2-3 with a 3 run Home Run and a 2 RBI double! Kyle Singleton stayed hot going 2-3 with 2 RBI's. Forest Allday was 2-4 with 2 RBI's! Kevin Thornton was 1-2 with 2 RBI's! Michael Ruiz was 2-4 with 2 RBI's also! Great win by Friendswood to advance to the Regional Semis!!

WP - Schulze
LP - Harper

HR - Fitzpatrick

5/22/09 - Friendswood loses a tough 2-1 ball game. Texas City Pitcher Matt Plitt and Kyle Burris were locked in a pitchers duel won by Plitt. Burris scattered 7 hits and gave up 2 runs in the tough loss.

5/21/09 - Wow - what a game. Griffin Davis pitched a great 5 1/3 innings, scattering 8 hits, giving up 3 runs, only 1 earned. He had 9 Strikeouts. He was pulled in the 6th after getting into a jam and Michael Ruiz came in in relief and threw a gem! 4 2/3 innings, no hits and 10 strikeouts! The game was tied 3-3 after 7 innings. No one could get any runs until the 10th when the Mustangs had 3 singles in a row to load the bases - Singleton, Allday and Thornton got the singles. Brandon Hollier got a single over first with the infield in to drive in 2 big runs! Michael Ruiz was intentionally walked to load the bases and Cody Bergeson crushed a grand slam!! Michael Ruiz struck out the side in the bottom of the 10th to close it out! Huge win by the Mustangs. Kyle Burris on the mound tommorrow nite to try and wrap it up and get the win!
Winning Pitcher - Ruiz
Losing Pitcher - Harper
HR - Bergeson - GS!
Kyle Singleton 3-4
Cody Bergeson 3-5 with 4 RBI

5/15/09 - Friendswood 11, Terry 6.   Forrestt Allday had a home run and six RBIs to lead the Mustangs past the Rangers and into the second round of the Class 4A playoffs. Alex Anastas also hit a homer for Friendswood (22-6), which swept the best-of-three bidistrict series. Griffin Davis got the win, while Michael Ruiz recorded the save. Friendswood plays Houston Davis at 7 p.m. Monday at Manvel High School.

5/14/09 - Kevin Thornton sparked the Mustangs to an 11-4 victory over the Terry Rangers Thursday night. Following a spectacular defensive play at third base to keep the game tied at 1-1, Thornton led off the bottom of the 4^th with a base hit and the rest of the Mustangs followed suit scoring 7 runs in the frame and running away with the game. Kyle Burris kept his record perfect as he threw 6 innings, striking out 6 and giving up just one earned run. Michael Goodwin closed out the game in the seventh, allowing 3 hits and 2 earned runs. Michael Ruiz, Cody Bergeson, Alex Anastas, Austin Fitzpatrick, Jesse Flores, Kyle Singleton and Forrest Allday all drove in runs for the Mustangs. Dillon Stavinoha took the loss for the Rangers. Friendswood looks to close out the series Friday night in Terry, game time 7:00 p.m

5/8/09 -Friendswood erupted for 8 runs in the first inning in their district 24-4A showdown with the Angleton Wildcats and never looked back, winning the District Title 15-2 on Angleton's home field. Eight of the first Nine Friendswood batters reached safely in the first inning. Brandon Hollier laced a bases loaded double to left to score two and Jessie Flores followed with a 2 rbi check swing roller down the 3rd base line that enabled Forrest Allday to beat the throw to the plate...and when the ball rolled away, Brandon Hollier scampered home to put the Mustangs up 8-0. It was more than enough for 24-4A pitcher of the year Kyle Burris as he went the distance picking up the win while striking out 10. The Mustangs really poured it on in the 3rd inning as they loaded the bases again and University of Houston signee Alex Anastas at the plate. Anastas launched his second Grand Slam of the season over the center field wall to push the Mustang lead to 13-1. Austin Fitzpatrick continued his hot streak at the plate going 3-3 with a double and Cody Bergeson also had a double for Friendswood

4/26/09 - Varsity beats TC 7-2 in a commanding win. Strong complete game by Kyle Burris was the key! Great job Fw, Angleton is next!

4/24/09 Varsity game rained out, moved to Saturday 4:00 in Texas City!

4/24/09 - JV beats Texas City 9-2. Sophs rained out vs Strake bottom of 2nd inning. Looked like it was going to be a good game!

4/22/09 - The Mustangs scored 14 runs in the third inning to rout the Cougars in a five-inning game. Kyle Singleton hit a grand slam, while Preston Schulze and Michael Goodwin combined on a no-hitter for Friendswood (18-6, 11-1).

4/17/09 - Sophs jumped out to a big 5-0 lead against the highly regarded Lamar Sophs! Ryan Hart was pitching very well. Will Hibbs had a 2 RBI double and Ryan Hart had an RBI single. Kevin Rhodes and Trevor Mendenhall each scored 2 runs. Team was looking good against Lamar, too bad it rained us out!

4/13/09 - Sophs beat a tough Angleton team 6-4. Andrew Cook, Gunner Holle and Jared Gaspard pitched the Mustangs to victory. Leading the offensive charge was Trevor Mendenhall with a hit and an RBI, David Frank with a double and RBI, Gunner Holle with a Hit and RBI and Kevin Rhodes with a hit and run scored.

4/10/09 - Varsity wins a thriller in the 7th against Dawson. The game was tied 7-7 going into the 7th and FW scored 2 runs to pull out the victory! JV run ruled Dawson 10-0.

4/8/09 Sophs win an exciting game 13-12 vs Brazoswood. Jared Gaspard knocked in the winning run with a sacrifice fly to center field in the bottom of the 7th inning. Leading the hit parade were Gunner Holle 3 hits 1 RBI, Jairus Alexander 3 hits 2 RBI, Kevin Rhodes 2 hits 2 RBI, Trevor Mendenhall 1 hit 2 RBI, Ryan Hart 1 hit 1 RBI and Kagen Schimming with 1 hit 1 RBI.

4/6/09 Varsity defeats Santa Fe 6-0 behind a complete game 2 hit shutout by Kyle Burris. Ruiz, Singleton, Flores and Johnson all had RBI's. Great start to the 2nd half of the district schedule.

4/6/09 Sophomores defeat Santa Fe 5-1 behind a 5 inning 2 hit shutout effort from Gunner Holle. Jared Gaspard came in to get the save in the 6th. Will Hibbs had a grand slam and a triple to account for 5 RBI's!

4/4/09 JV pictures posted, found some pictures Karen  took  and posted them. Still looking for more JV pics.

4/4/09 - Varsity loses a tough game to Angleton 5-2.  JV crushed Angleton 13-1. Sophs played one of their worst games of the season and still tied Angleton 4-4. Great job of pitching the entire game by Will Hibbs. Different schedule next week due to Easter weekend.

4/3/09 - Varsity pictures posted. Tedd has a web page that we are downloading photos from. We have no pictures from the JV group, so nothing to post. Send them in if you have some!

3/27/09 - Larry Weber Benefit is Saturday 12-4 at Stevenson Park. Please come by and support the Weber family. Larry was injured in a bad car wreck last November. The family has lots of bills and this benefit is to help raise some funds to help them out. The web page is linked on the Links page, and here it is as well - Larry Weber Benefit

3/27/09 - Varsity is in top of District 24-4A with a 4-0 record and a 1 game lead. Next game vs La Marque Friday night.

3/27/09 - Varsity roster is posted!

3/24 - Sophs win despite rough outing. While only getting 6 hits and committing 3 errors, the Sophs scrapped out a win by being aggressive on the base paths and timely hits. Brazoswood only had 4 hits and committed 7 errors.

3/22/09 - Coach has posted schedule/results/stats on Maxpreps. The link is on the link page, if it does not work, just enter our zip code, 77546, and it will take you to FW pages!

3/20/09 - Friendswood Varsity run rules Manvel 12-2. Great job gang!

Friendswood 12 Manvel 2 WP-Griffin Davis, LP-Nick Guel. HR-FHS-Alex Anastas

Friendswood 12 10 0
Manvel            2 2 0

WP- Jordan Johnson
LP Nick Guel

Friendswood
Bergeson 3 for 4 2 RBIs
Allday 3 for 4 2 RBIs 2B
Anastas 2 for 2 2 RBIs HR
Thornton 2 for 4 2 RBIs 2B
Ruiz 2 RBIs

3/20/09 - JV game vs Manvel moved to 6:00 pm, still at home!

3/18/09 - Sophs split doubleheader with Kingwood Park, 13-3 and 5-9.

3/17/09 - Varsity beats Dawson 8-1. Jv Beat Dawson 9-1.

3/13/09 - Sophomore game that was scheduled for Friday 3/20 has been moved to Wednesday 3/18 at Friendswood 3:00.

3/12/09 - On a  rainy dreary day at Alvin Community College, Mustang Varsity Baseball faced Austin (Fort Bend) High School.  Austin is a strong 5A team with a 8-3-1 record, and for a while there it looked like they would dominate, but our boys never hung their heads coming back to tie the game in the 7th.  The game culminated in an exciting - yet unusual tie situation in the 8th. Preston Schulze took the mound for the Mustangs, the first batter, a signee to Texas Tech hit a double.  The next batter hit a sac fly to center to advanced the runner to 3rd. Unfortunately there was an error after securing the 2nd out and a run was scored.  Preston finished the inning by striking out (looking) the batter.  The Mustangs came out looking strong, Cody Bergeson hit a double but the next batter resulted in a 1-6-3 double play, and we ended the 1st unable to answer the run. In the 2nd inning, 2 outs were made in fast order by a 6-3 and a 5-3. However an unlucky error gave the 3rd batter the base.  As a slow cold drizzle began to come down on the field the base runner stole 2nd. The next batter hit a single advancing the runner to 3rd. Back to the top of the Austin order answered with a double and an RBI.  In a strange Bulldog base running error the Mustangs were able to get the last out 7-2. Unfortunately we also committed a base running error and were unable to score in the 2nd. By the 3rd inning the drizzle turned into a short downpour and both teams were held scoreless. IN THE 4th, with the rain stopping and the temperature dropping the Bulldogs added 2 more runs to their lead with a double and a HR.   After 2 walks, it looked like were poised to make our comeback but ended up leaving 2 runner on base, finishing the 4th still scoreless. The 5th inning was wrought with errors for the Mustangs, between that and a few strung together hits the Bulldogs were able to add on 4 more runs.  Griffin Davis was brought in to relieve and was able to  secure the last 2 outs. The 5th inning was also the beginning for the Friendswood bats springing to life.  Forrest Allday lead off with a stand-up double, Michael Ruiz advanced the runner and Cody Bergeson secured the RBI.  Although the game was now 8-1 you could sense the change coming. The 6th inning left the Bulldogs with out any further runs and then - watch out - here come the Mustangs! Alex lead off with a BB followed by Austin Fitzpatrick with a BB, Jordan Johnson had a base hit loading up the bases, then with 2 outs Forrest was HBP.  With bases still loaded left handed hitter Michael Ruiz came up & ripped the ball down the 1st base line - earning 2 RBI's and a stand up double.  This caused the Bulldogs to have a pitching change, but it was too late we were on fire.  Cody chopped the ball up the middle earning a base hit and 2 RBI's.  Kevin Thornton was issued a BB. While we left  3 on base to end the inning the score was now 7-6 bulldogs. A bit of our bad luck returned in the top of the 7th, and unfortunately 2 hits and an error let 2 Bulldog runners score. In the bottom of the 7th, Kyle Singleton lead-off with a single followed by a walk to Jordan and finally an error went in our favor to load the bases.  Forrest hit another double and got 2 RBI's.  This caused another Bulldog pitching change.  Michael came up and had a well placed single to earn 2 more RBI's.  And just like that the score was tied. This resulted in an interesting and hardly ever seen situation in baseball - ITB (international tie breaker) for the 8th Inning.  The Bulldogs started the inning with a runner on 2nd and the batter starts with a 2-1 count.  Davis was able to end the 8th , striking out the batter looking. Unfortunately we were also unable to score and the game ended in a 10-10 tie.

Preston Schulze - pitched 4 1/3 innings, 9 hits, 3 K's and 4 Earned runs

Griffin Davis-  Pitched 3 2/3 innings, 2 hits, 5 K's and 1 Earned run.

Cody Bergeson: 5 AB- 2 hits, 1 BB, 3 RBI's

Kevin Thornton: 5 AB- 1 BB

Alex Anastas: 5 AB- 3 BB

Austin Fitzpatrick: 5 AB - 1 BB, 1 SAC

Kyle SIngleton: 5 AB- 1 hit, 2 BB

Jordan Johnson:5 AB- 1 hit 3 BB

Brandon Hollier: 4 AB- on on error - scored

Forrest Allday: 4 AB-  2 Doubles, 1 HBP, 1 RBI - unless a HBP with bases loaded also counts then 2 RBI's

Michael Ruiz- 4 AB- 2 hits (1 d, 1 s), 4 RBI's 

3/12/09 - FW Sophs won their first game in the Santa Fe tourney  beating an overmatched Fort Bend Hightower team 19-2. Lots of hits and errors! Next game is versus winner of Channelview/Angleton Friday at 4:00.

3/12/09  - JV was rained out.

3/10/09 - Kevin Thornton started the game on the mound and spread out 7 hits over 3 2/3 innings. Kyle Burris came in and pitched 3 1/3 strong innings. Kevin and Kyle held Santa Fe to 5 runs. Kyle Singleton had a home run and 3 RBI's  and Kevin Thornton had two hits, one 3 run homer, to lead the Mustang bats. Forest Allday had a nice triple driving in a run. Varsity beats Santa Fe 9-5!

3/10/09 - Sophs suffer first loss in their worst played game of the year vs Santa Fe. We gave up 9 hits, had 4 errors and only had one hit ourselves, in this forgettable game. Next!

3/9/09 - Sophomore and JV game times have been swapped for Tuesday 3/10 - Sophs are at 5:00 and JV is at 7:00.

3/7/09 - Varsity roster has not been set yet, that is why last years is still posted. As soon as coach sends it , I will post it. In addition - if you want pictures posted send them to me. Last year I got game updates and pics from parents of each team and that is what was posted. If you want them again this year, send them to me! 

3/7/09 - JV beats Clear Lake in a close game, 6-5,  to get to the Championship game. They beat Alvin 15-0 to win the Pearland tournament!!

3/7/09 - Sophomores defeat Clear Lake 4-3 to win the Brazoswood tourney! Andrew Cook pitched 4 strong innings, allowing only 2 hits and 0 earned runs! Trevor Mendenhall came in in relief and pitches 3 strong innings, allowing only 1 hit and 0 runs, earned and unearned! Friendswood had 8 hits. Andrew Cook had 2 hits and 3 runs scored, Gunner Holle had a key hit and scored a run, Will Hibs had a hit and a key RBI, Jared Gaspard again had two strong hits, Kevin Rhodes hit a bases loaded two out single to drive in the winning run in the 5th. The Friendswood boys played tough defense the next two innings to secure the win, Gunner made two nice throws from short! Great win gang, keep it rolling!

3/6/09 - Sophomores put it to the older Milby JV 9-2. Andrew Cook threw 2 dominating innings to start off the game. Will Hibbs inherited a bases loaded situation and got out of the jam with a 1-2-3 double play. Will pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Kevin Rhodes and Jared Gaspared lead the hit parade with 2 each. Mustangs pounded out 11 hits and play Saturday at 1:30 for the championship.

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