Dream Job
Cox settling in as Kingwood Park’s OC heading into season
Joshua Koch
Aug 14, 2018, 5:49 am
Cox’s impact on players is evident both on the field and the diamond Vype
Originally appeared on Vype
“What if I’m not good at this?”
That’s the burning question that crossed the mind of Bruce Cox as he sat inside the Kingwood Park weight room at 6 a.m. on the morning of October 19.
Cox later that night would be calling the plays as the Panthers’ newly appointed Offensive Coordinator trying to turn the tide of a team that was 1-3 coming off a bye week.
“At the end of the day when I got the play sheets and put on the headsets on on the sideline I was very confident in our plan and our kids, most importantly, and our assistant coaches we had,” Cox said as he watched fall practice progress on Tuesday afternoon. “Just went to work and it worked out.”
Cox’s offensive plan clicked from the beginning as Kingwood Park went 4-0 to close out the season – averaging 27 points per game – and made the playoffs for the first time since 2014.
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.