Sweeney Foot and Ankle North Houston Team of the Week
The Woodlands Baseball
Apr 5, 2019, 2:56 pm
The Woodlands is back at it again on the diamond. Via VYPE
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After reaching the UIL state semis a year ago, The Woodlands is back at it again on the diamond.
Leading the charge is legendary coach Ron Eastman, who was inducted into the National High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame a year ago. The Highlanders have state titles in 2000, 2006 and 2013 and were a two-step away from another last season.
The school has produced the likes of Pittsburgh Pirate opening-day starter Jameson Taillon and MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cards.
VYPE caught up with Eastman before the Highlanders' game against College Park to pick the brain of one of the country's sharpest baseball minds in our Sweeney Foot and Ankle SpecialistsNorth Houston Team of the Month feature.
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Fernando Tatís Jr. hit a tiebreaking solo home run and scored all of San Diego’s runs as the Padres avoided being swept with a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday night.
Tatís sent the first pitch he saw from Tayler Scott (1-2) 427 feet to straightaway center to give the Padres a 3-2 lead in the seventh.
Tatís scored from second on a Mauricio Dubón error in the first, and he led off the third with a triple before scoring on an RBI single by Gavin Sheets.
The Astros tied it with two runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Dubón and a Yordan Alvarez sacrifice fly.
Luis Arraez was carted off and taken to a hospital for evaluation after a first inning collision with Dubón on a play at first base. Arraez’s face appeared to collide with Dubón’s arm or elbow, and the Padres designated hitter lay motionless in foul territory next to first base for several minutes.
After being tended to by trainers from both teams, Arraez was placed on a backboard and carted out of the stadium.
Dylan Cease yielded two runs on six hits with six strikeouts in five innings for the Padres. Alek Jacob (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win, and Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his second save.
Starting pitcher Framber Valdez surrendered two runs on seven hits in six innings for the Astros.
Key moment
With two outs and the tying run on second in the eighth, Jason Adam struck out Victor Caratini to end the inning.
Key stat
The Padres have scored 20 runs in the seventh inning this season, the most runs they have scored in any inning.
Up next
Houston RHP Hunter Brown (2-1, 1.50 ERA) starts the opener of a three-game series against the Blue Jays on Monday night, while San Diego RHP Randy Vásquez (1-1, 1.74) starts Monday in the opener of a three-game series in Detroit.