It would be SHOCKING if the Highlanders didn't reach state. Via VYPE
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The UIL baseball tournament begins this week as the month-long "Race to Round Rock" commences for some of the area's legit contenders.
The history of Houston-area baseball is rich with tradition as the Bayou City is home to several state champs.
So, who reaches state?
Here are VYPE's Top 5 to be playing June.
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No.1 The Woodlands (Class 6A, Region II) – It would be SHOCKING if the Highlanders didn't reach state. Coach Ron Eastman has seen it all over his tenure in the dugout. His squad is loaded with no weakness – great pitching, good fielding, hot hitting. TWHS reached state last season but fell in the semis. Honestly, if The Woodlands don't make it, it would send shock waves throughout the state baseball landscape.
No. 2 Cy Ranch (Class 6A, Region II) – The Mustangs have two of the livest arms in the nation in Matt Thompson and JJ Goss, who will get drafted early in the MLB June Draft. But do they have the hitting? Hard to say. Yes, they would face The Woodlands in the Regional Finals
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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.