(Houston) – Seguin Little League’s Seniors Baseball All-Stars finished second in the Texas East State Tournament after a 2-2 week that ended with a 9-5 loss to West University in Thursday’s championship game.
Seguin opened the tournament with a 19-2 run-rule win over Channelview on Monday, but dropped into the elimination bracket with a 15-0 loss to West University on Tuesday.
The Seguin All-Stars dominated their elimination game against Channelview 16-3 in five innings on Wednesday to earn a rematch with West University in Thursday’s championship round.
Needing a win on Thursday to avoid elimination and force a do-or-die championship game the next day, Seguin held a 5-2 lead in the middle of the sixth inning.
West University erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the frame to take control, and Seguin was unable to rally in the top of the seventh.
Holt Haas and Klein Vicker each recorded three hits and an RBI in the final game.
Five Seguin players connected for two hits apiece – Carlos Contreras, Cooper Neumann, Quad Fortezzo, Zach Leadford, and Elijah Hicks.
Vicker, Hicks, and Landon Trost each drove in a run. Leadford stole two bases and scored twice.
Seguin pounded out 18 hits against the West University pitching staff on Thursday, but stranded 10 base-runners.
Neumann went 3-4 with four RBIs in the tournament opener against Channelview.
Fortezzo and Seth Cevallos each drove in three runs, with Cevallos going 2-3 at the plate.
Haas produced two RBIs and scored three runs. Trost had a base hit, an RBI, and three runs scored. Contreras crossed the plate four times.
Vicker drove in two and scored twice. Hicks worked around two walks to strike out three in two scoreless, hitless innings.
Seguin only managed three hits in the Tuesday loss to West University. Haas, Neumann, and Vicker each recorded a single.
Neumann put together his second 3-4 outing of the tournament and drove in three runs in Wednesday’s elimination game win over Channelview.
Six Seguin players logged two hits each – Contreras, Haas, Vicker, Cevallos, Leadford, and Isaiah Rodriguez.
Vicker and Cevallos drove in two runs apiece. Contreras, Haas, Rodriguez, and Fortezzo each had an RBI.
Trost finished with a base hit, four runs scored, and three stolen bases. Leadford also stole three bases. Haas and Leadford scored three runs apiece.
Rodriguez earned the complete-game win in the elimination game, allowing three runs on 10 hits with two strikeouts in five innings.
Seguin, coached by Monty Trost, Trevor Haas, and Bubba Neumann, won the Section 4 championship in late June to qualify for the Texas East State Tournament.