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Akins Eagles Baseball 2005

Eagles in Action

Photos of the 2005 Akins Baseball Teams from practices and games

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Austin Independent School District (AISD)
Division I TOURNAMENT
Varsity Tournament Game with Dripping Springs Tigers
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 7:30 PM
at Oates Field in Garrison Park - Austin, Texas

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First baseman Richard Rogalewski drew first blood for the Eagles with a 1st-inning RBI single that scored Rangel.

Leadoff hitter Derek Evans bats for the Eagles in the top of the 1st inning.

Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel accepted a base on balls in the 1st inning.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton confers with Head Coach Steve Velasquez.

Coaches and umps confer before the game at home plate of Oates Field, a part of the Ric and Carmen Casteñada Sports Complex in the City of Austin's Garrison Park.

Eagle outfielder Jordan Treviño (right) waits on deck. His 1st-inning RBI single would score Airrik Martinez, who takes a lead at 1st.

Fabian prepares to slam a 2nd-inning double.

Eagle DH Matt Hohertz bats in the top of the 1st inning.

Lefthanded starter Eric Davila takes the mound for the Eagles.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian lines up a 1st-inning popup.

Morton sets up behind the plate in the bottom of the 1st.

Eagle teammates troop out to welcome Rogalewski as he rounds the bases in a homerun trot.

Dripping Springs courtesy runner Evan Smith, running for catcher Logan Wyeth, takes a lead at 3rd, as Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian gets set for the pitch. Note the lights from a nearby field. Those are behind the fielders, but they're directly in the eyes of a catcher at home plate.

Eagle 2nd baseman Martin Salinas at the plate in the top of the 2nd inning.

Eagle 1st baseman Rogalewski homers in the top of the 3rd.

ANOTHER EAGLE. Just 12 minutes out of the downtown Austin station, Amtrak's Texas Eagle roars past Garrison Park on time at precisely 8:32 PM. Next stop is San Marcos.

Treviño bats in the top of the 3rd.

Daniel Fabian in the top of the 4th. Batter became base runner on a throwing error by the pitcher.

The Eagle Faithful.

Davila kicks in the bottom of the 3rd.

Richard Rogalewski, JD Hernandez.

Morton hit into an inning-ending double play in the 5th.

Coach Velasquez exhorts his team in a 4th-inning mound meeting.

Martinez reached base on a 5th-inning fielding error.

Rangel bats in the top of the 5th.

Score is tied in the 5th inning before the Tigers begin a 2-out rally.

   The Eagles played a fairly good game for four innings against a tough and honest Dripping Springs team. Unfortunately, the game lasted longer than 4 innings.

   The pitching of Eric Davila showed the promise of good things to come, but he gave up 5 hits and 6 walks. That's a lot of base runners.

   Eagle bats were quiet, delivering a total of only 4 hits. Two of those were by Richard Rogalewski, who chalked up an RBI single and a solo home run. Daniel Fabian had a 2nd-inning double and Jordan Treviño had an RBI single.

   The Dripping Springs Tigers went on to play Round Rock for the championship of the AISD Tournament.

Coach Jesse Riojas and Eagle 2nd baseman Martin Salinas

Daniel Fabian scored in the 7th inning, but it was too little, too late for the Eagles.

Postgame handshakes.

The Hazards of Being a Catcher. Part III.
Event: stopping an incoming ball with your face. As the runner came in from 3rd in the bottom of the 5th inning, Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel made the throw to the plate, where catcher Charles Morton was positioned to tag the runner. Morton saw the lights from an adjacent field and mistook one of them for the ball.

Then the real ball came. The image at the right shows the ball just after it ricocheted off Morton's face.

Six stitches. Morton was in uniform for the game at 9:30 AM the following morning.

So many questions. It's easier just to post the picture...

AKINS EAGLES	4
DRIPPING SPGS TIGERS	7