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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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District 16-5A
Varsity Game with Bastrop Bears
Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 7:00 PM
at Bastrop, Texas

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Coach Velasquez looks on during warmups as Eagle catcher Charles Morton prepares a throw.

Eagle starting pitcher Martin Salinas begins getting loose.

With Daniel Guerra at 3rd base, Eagles Head Coach Steve Velasquez warms up the team before the game at Bastrop.

Pregame warmup. Left to right, Eagle infielders Jason Rangel and JD Hernandez, Eagle outfielders Derek Evans and Jordan Treviño.

Eagle Matt Flores warms up before the game.

Eagle outfielder Airrik Martinez flies out to Bastrop shortstop Charles Armstrong to end the top of the 1st.

The game was televised for Bastrop cable customers. The camerawoman atop the Eagles dugout was no small distraction as she yelled and cursed into the mouthpiece of her headset at some remote "idiot." Entertaining.

Eagle leadoff batter Jason Rangel took the 1st pitch from Bastrop's Aaron Buckner for a ball at 6:56 PM. Rangel grounded out 5-3 on the 2nd pitch.

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

Eagle right hander Martin Salinas pitches in the bottom of the 1st inning.

Salinas hurls a 1st-inning pitch.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton sets up behind the plate as Bastrop 3rd baseman Tyrell Boykin bats. In just a few pitches, Boykin would hit into a double play.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian is ready for the ball.

YES THEY CAN! Eagle shortstop Rangel leaps for a high throw from Morton, and Bastrop's Charles Armstrong easily takes 2nd.

Eagle pitcher Salinas and 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski talk things over at the mound.

A base hit from Bastrop outfielder Matt Gruetzner came back hard at Salinas. Coach Velasquez and the Eagle infield check on their pitcher.

Eagle 2nd baseman JD Hernandez and center fielder Airrik Martinez.

With Bastrop's Maurice Jones at the plate, Eagle catcher Charles Morton prepares to throw to 2nd base.

Eagle outfielder Airrik Martinez catches Ben Gardner's fly at the fence.

Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel. Bastrop base runner Matt Gruentzner. Throw down to 2nd. Loose ball. Stolen base.

Eagle Faithful in the stands at Bastrop. The eye-watering diesel fumes from the Bastrop ISD school bus refueling operation next door helped keep the river bottom mosquitos away.

After being hit by a pitched ball, the fleet-footed Jordan Treviño is caught attempting to steal 2nd base.

Daniel Fabian bats in the Eagle 2nd.

Eaglet 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski.

Eagle cleanup batter Charles Morton flies out in the top of the 2nd inning.

The scoreboard in center field tells the story, as Salinas returns to the mound in the bottom of the 2nd inning.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton is behind the plate. His Bear counterpart Brian Nelson bats in the Bastrop 2nd.

JD Hernandez looks in at the batter from 2nd base.

Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal.

Daniel Fabian at 3rd base for the Eagles.

Leal hauls in Nelson's fly ball in right field.

Rogalewski grounds out to the shortstop in the top of the 3rd.

With darkness falling rapidly in the top of the 3rd, Salinas attempts to help his own cause.

Daniel Leal connects for a 3rd-inning base hit, the Eagles' first of the game.

Salinas continues working in the bottom of the 2nd.

Bastrop's Adam Vinyard. Eagles Fabian, Rangel and Martinez.

Eagle Head Coach Steve Velasquez.

Daniel Leal takes a lead at 1st, as Bastrop 1st baseman Cole Winkler waits for a pickoff throw.

Glove open and waiting, Morton gives Salinas a target behind the plate.

Eagle pitcher Salinas watches as 1st baseman Rogalewski fields a throw from Morton on a dropped 3rd strike. Bastrop's Matt Gruetzner is out. The cameraman at right is from the Bastrop Advertiser.

Eagle DH Matt Hohertz pops up to short to start the 4th inning.

Salinas on the mound in the bottom of the 3rd.

Eagle outfielder Airrik Martinez flies out to center field in the top of the 4th.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton bats in the 4th.

Eagle outfielder Jordan Treviño in left field.

Martin Salinas kicks into a 4th inning pitch.

From the Eagle dugout, Daniel Guerra, Matt Hohertz, Coach Jesse Riojas, Derek Evans and Coach Steve Velasquez watch the 4th inning action at home plate.

Eagle outfielder Airrik Martinez hops to throw the ball after catching a fly off the bat of Brian Nelson. The sacrifice scores Jones.

Outfielder Jordan Treviño leads the Eagles to the plate in the 5th.

Situated in the stands behind the plate, Christine Morton videos the game. She shares the tapes with Eagle players and their families. Ask her!

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian (right) eyes Bastrop base runner Maurice Jones, who reached base on a catcher's error in the bottom of the 4th.

Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel.

In the gathering dusk, Salinas turns in the second Eagle hit of the contest with this 5th inning blast to center field.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian sends a grounder to 3rd and comes in 2nd in the race to 1st.

Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal keeps loose in the dugout.

Eagle dugout. Airrik Martinez, Michelle Velasquez, Derek Evans, Jason Rangel, Daniel Guerra.

The Eagles dugout at twilight. Trailing by just 2 runs in the 5th inning, the Eagles are in this game!

With the potential tying run on base, Leal bats in the top of the 5th.

Daniel Guerra (right) enters the game as a courtesy runner at 1st base for pitcher Martin Salinas.

Rogalewski followed the base hit of Salinas with one of his own. Here, he and Guerra take leads from 1st and 2nd bases, respectively.

Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski bats.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian.

Bear shortstop Charles Armstrong is too late. Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski has already stepped on the bag with the ball thrown from JD Hernandez at 2nd.

Rogalewski holds Bastrop 2nd baseman Jorge Gonzalez at 1st. Gonzalez reached base on a 5th inning shot that ricocheted off Salinas.

Eagle DH Matt Hohertz bats in the top of the 6th.

Eagle starter Martin Salinas returns to the mound for the 5th inning of the 2-0 game.

Bottom of the 6th. JD Hernandez at 2nd. Richard Rogalewski at 1st.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton.

Eagle pitcher Martin Salinas has given up only 4 hits going into the bottom of the 6th.

Nothing runs like a Treviño. With the BISD bus refueling depot just over his shoulder, Eagle outfielder Jordan Treviño goes to the fence to haul in a long fly hit from the bat of Matt Greutzner.