In Wednesday nights first round of the 3A-1 District play, the Mansfield Tigers heartbreakingly lost to the West Fork Tigers. For the first four innings, Manfield held strong with the lead for a score of 3-1 in the fourth. But West Fork turned it on and took control of the board 7-3 in the sixth inning. Painfully, Mansfield couldn’t quite catch up and fell to West Fork 8-6.
The Tigers ended conference play with a 4-6 record and 5-10 in total season play. Layton Howard walked away with one run, one hit, one runner batted in, and one assist. Hayden Henson earned one run, one hit, one RBI, one putout, and two assists. Henson was also one of three pitchers to see the mound. He threw 27 pitches to five batters striking out two.
Isaac Cothran netted one run and eight putouts. Codi Chick slammed out one hit, two putouts, and one assist. Cody Fudge made seven putouts. Nathan Brewer scored one hit and one RBI. The Tigers will be losing four seniors this season. Seth Fudge who acquired one hit, one RBI, two putouts, and two assists. Fudge also pitched 23 pitches to four batters. Tyler Watkins who landed one run and one assist. Zach Woolbright. And Hunter Willsey who profited two runs, one hit, one RBI, one putout, and two assists. Willsey was the third Mansfield pitcher and he catapulted 111 pitches to 30 batters striking out eight.
Total season stats for the seniors are Seth Fudge with 16 hits, 5 runs, 14 RBI, 1 home run, 22 putouts, and 22 assists. He threw 627 pitches to 169 batters striking out 49. Zach Woolbright with 6 runs, 2 hits, 1 putout, and 1 assist. Tyler Watkins with 12 hits, 8 RBI, 12 runs, 9 putouts, and 5 assists. Watkins also made 80 pitches to 23 batters striking out 4. And Hunter Willsey with 16 runs, 16 hits, 8 RBI, 1 home run, 10 putouts, and 24 assists. Hunter accomplished 737 pitches to 239 batters striking out 65. Because the Mansfield Tigers are a young team, next season is looking pretty good for the boys to take it all the way to the top.
