Red Raiders grab 6-3 win over Jackets

Posted 4/7/22

Friday night was another Mineola vs. Winnsboro showcase. The Red Raiders took the win, 6-3, in a classic varsity baseball game.

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Red Raiders grab 6-3 win over Jackets

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Friday night was another Mineola vs. Winnsboro showcase. The Red Raiders took the win, 6-3, in a classic varsity baseball game. 

Folks did not have to wait long for the first display of athletic prowess. 

With two away in the top of the first, the Winnsboro hitter lofted a tall, tailing fly ball which was destined to find that gap halfway down the first base line in right field. That is until Yellowjacket second baseman Dalton Hamlin took a bead on the ball.   

Hamlin tracked the ball over his right shoulder as he set off in a sprint toward the right field corner. In the last instant he laid out and snagged the catch at full extension. It was a thing of beauty.

Winnsboro returned the favor with a very nicely-executed 4-3 put-out in the bottom half. The ground ball took a deflection and required some quick thinking by the Winnsboro infielders to make the play.

The Jackets took a one-run lead in the third when Cason Davis scored on a passed ball. The Raiders answered in the fourth. They singled home a runner from second after a rare Mineola fielding error in the outfield. 

Mineola had the bases loaded in the fourth after three consecutive singles, but a strike out and a 1-2-3 double play ended the inning.

The hopes soared for the home side in the fifth when Davis reached on an infield hit. Two batters later, Trevor Singletary crushed a ball to centerfield. The centerfield fence in Mineola is at 375 feet. Singletary’s drive easily traveled 370. His RBI gave Mineola a 2-1 edge.

 Despite strong work by Mineola starter Kaden Bell, the Winnsboro side hit the ball hard all night. Good defense recorded several line-outs and limited the damage. In the sixth however, the Raiders found some gaps and broke the game open with four runs from five hard-hit singles.

The Jackets put four men on base in the sixth but could not generate any runs. Each team added a single run in the seventh to conclude all scoring. 

After a non-district game at Gladewater, the Jackets host Winona Friday night.