The Diboll Lumberjacks took care of business in Center Thursday night by winning 9-3 and upped their district record to 4-5 and have secured fourth place with five games left to go.
They faced first place Carthage last night at home and are currently ranked atop the 3A leaderboard the state.
A lot of things can happen with most of the teams evenly matched and it should be fun to watch to see what happens between now and the end of April.
Cutler Ruby pitched a complete game against Center throwing 91 pitches, scattering 10 hits, no walks, one hit batter, eight strikeouts, and three runs scored.
Diboll had two double plays made to end the fourth and sixth innings.
In the fourth, left-fielderJoey Solis caught the fly ball to make the second out and threw to Kyle Prescott at third who tagged the runner to end that inning.
In the sixth, center-fielder Ketaurus Stanton caught the ball for the second out and threw to Prescott who was waiting on the runner to end that inning.
The 'Jacks had nine hits with Stanton leading the way with a two-run homer, a double, and bunt single; Solis had two singles; Ruby had a single and RBI; Carlos Moreno had a single and RBI; Chance Johnson had a single; and Nick Cortines had a single.
Cortines had three stolen bases and Johnson, Prescott, and Moreno had one stolen base each.
Cortines and Prescott each had two walks, Moreno and Faustino Salaiz each had a walk, and Johnson had a walk and was hit by pitch.
The 'Jacks and will travel to Hudson Friday night .
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