{"id":2121,"date":"2007-09-02T08:04:54","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T16:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2007-09-03T08:05:56","modified_gmt":"2007-09-03T16:05:56","slug":"team-killeen-faces-long-road-to-fastpitch-title-game-from-losers-bracket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2121","title":{"rendered":"Team Killeen faces long road to fastpitch title game from losers bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Killeen Daily Herald:<\/strong>
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By Princess McDowell
\nKilleen Daily Herald<\/em><\/p>\n

Team Killeen lost to Tatis, 8-4, Saturday at Killeen Athletic Complex, dropping them into the losers bracket of the Men’s ‘C’ Fastpitch National Championship.<\/p>\n

The team will face Marysville VFW at 9 a.m. today on Field 3. In order for the team to win the tournament, it will have to win five consecutive games.<\/p>\n

Pitcher Benito Flores had a busy day on the mound. He tossed a one-hitter in the early game against the Titans, but gave up seven runs on nine hits in the night game against Tatis.<\/p>\n

Jason Hooten, Team Killeen coach and shortstop, said he didn’t think Flores was fatigued \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it was just that the Tatis hitters were connecting with tough pitches.<\/p>\n

Flores was relieved after plating the inning’s 10th batter.<\/p>\n

Tatis would have scored eight in the sixth, but its second batter pulled up with an injury running to third. He was tagged out while limping to home plate.<\/p>\n

While Team Killeen’s pitching struggled, the team’s offense could not get started. Team Killeen had three players reach base in the final three innings.<\/p>\n

“We were able to get those three early off him, but they just got hot when it was time to,” he said. “That’s how softball works.”<\/p>\n

Hooten said he probably would not start Flores for their first game today since he may have to be used later.<\/p>\n

The team defeated the San Antonio Titans, 8-0, in six innings to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Team Killeen’s offense turned up the heat, scoring three in the first and second innings. The game was called in the sixth because of the run-rule.<\/p>\n

Catcher Ed Solis hit a two-run home run in the first to put the team ahead 3-0. After Mike Garza grounded out to the third baseman, the next four batters reached base, with two crossing home.<\/p>\n

Team Killeen added insurance runs in the third and sixth before the game was called.<\/p>\n

Hooten said the team played really well in the early game.<\/p>\n

“We hit the ball great and had our momentum going,” he said.<\/p>\n

Killeen’s other hometown team, Killeen Fastpitch, was eliminated late Friday after being defeated by Garden Spot Bowl, 13-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Killeen Daily Herald: By Princess McDowell Killeen Daily Herald Team Killeen lost to Tatis, 8-4, Saturday at Killeen Athletic Complex, dropping them into the losers bracket of the Men’s ‘C’ Fastpitch National Championship. The team will face Marysville VFW at 9 a.m. today on Field 3. In order for the team to win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}