Cooper City Cowboys Win Big Over The Plantation Colonels

The Cooper City Cowboys took advantage of lapses in the Plantation defense and turned the heat on with their bats on a chilly night to win 13-3 in District 7A-16.

Despite the nippy conditions, the Cowboys’ fans came out to watch their team perform well both offensively and defensively. Cooper City took the lead in the first inning and never looked back, scoring one run in the first, six in the second, two in the fourth and four in the fifth.

The Plantation Colonels did their best to weather the storm but just did not have an answer for the Cowboys’ offense. Adding to the effective hitting by Cooper City (3-2) were the miscues of the Plantation defense both in the infield and outfield that the Cowboys took advantage of by running aggressively on the bases.

Cooper City scored six runs on five hits but left two stranded in a six-run second inning.

The Colonels scored two runs in top of the second. Leadoff hitter and first baseman Robert Henle got on courtesy of an infield error. Catcher Adam Mustafa hit a ball to shallow left that would drop for a base hit. With no outs and runners on first and second, Colonels’ pitcher Chris Yearsley put down a bunt to third that advanced the runners. On a bad throw to first, Yearsly reached safe and the first run of the evening scored for the Colonels. With one out and runners in scoring position, the second run for Plantation came in on a wild pitch.

Plantation scored its third run of the game in the third inning.

The Cowboys had more than a few of their hitters on base multiple times. Center fielder Alex Jacobs drew a walk in the first, stole second, was hit-by-pitch, and stole second for the second time in the game in the second inning and was hit-by-pitch again in the bottom of the fifth. Third baseman Hunter Kelly had an RBI single to center field in the first, a double that would earn him another RBI in the second, and would reach first base on an error in the bottom half of the fourth. Second baseman Ethan Kraus hit a long hard line drive that would go all the way to the fence for am RBI stand up triple in the second inning and got on base courtesy of a hit-by pitch in the bottom of the fifth.

Leave a comment using your facebook account!