Lights out on Bulldog Baseball
The 2026 Bulldog Baseball season came to an end May 8 in the Area round in a contested 2-0 sweep from Rio Vista. The Bulldogs finished the year with a 12-191 record and the bi-district championship. Hamilton was down early, giving up one run in the first inning by walking three batters and accidentally hitting a fourth with a pitch. A pair of singles gave the Eagles two runs in the third. A whole new game started in the bottom of the fourth inning when Hamilton scored six runs. With bases loaded, Zeb Murphree smacked a hard ground ball single to bring Grant Bauman home and advance the bases. Carson Roberts made a successful move to home plate on a passed ball before Lawson Yates smacked a line drive to center field to bring home Murphree and Nathan Hall for two runs. After Ridge Lasater was hit by a pitch, Brazos McGregor singled a slinging line drive to right field to bring in Yates. Lasater got a run back from his walk after stealing home. After that big inning, Hamilton led 6-3. After multiple “3 up, 3 down” showings from both teams, Rio Vista scored two runs from a double RBI (Runs batted in). A costly 7th inning put the Bulldogs in the dog house after the Eagles were able to score runs off of a Hamilton error and then a soaring triple from Rio Vista put another run on the board and a runner on third base. The runner on third was brought home after a wild pitch brought another Eagle to the bases and up with the winning score of 8-6 against the Bulldogs. Lasater and Grant Bauman had one run and hit each. McGregor had two hits and one RBI. Carson Roberts and Nathan Hall each had a run. Murphree had one run, hit and RBI, while Yates had one run, hit and two RBI. Roberts pitched for six innings and scotched 11 strikeouts.
