The Roland Rangers baseball season ended on Friday afternoon with a 10-0 six-inning loss to Salina in the Class 3A Regional Tournament in Beggs, which ended up being Friday’s site after rain forced action to be moved from the original regional site of Salina.
The Rangers, who ended the season at 13-15, reached Friday afternoon’s regional final with a 14-6 victory over host Beggs in the loser’s-bracket final.
The Rangers split their first two games of the regional tournament on Thursday in Salina, edging Beggs 2-1 before losing to Salina 7-0.
The week started with a Senior Night 7-0 victory over Cameron on April 22.
In the season-ending loss to Salina in the regional finals, the Wildcats scored twice in the first inning, three runs in the third inning, a single run in the fourth inning and twice in the fifth inning for an 8-0 lead. A two-run sixth inning put the game into run-rule status.
In defeat, Paden Pitts and Arkansas signee Carson Wiggins each singled for the only hits off Salina pitcher Maverick Williamson, who fanned 11 batters in six innings.
Colton Peters (0-2) took the loss, going the first five innings. Pitts got the last out.
In the loser’s-bracket final victory over Beggs, after falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, the Rangers scored five runs in the first inning and twice in the second inning for a 7-2 lead. A six-run sixth inning put the game into run-rule status.
For the contest, Alex Brant was 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and a run batted in, Colton Peters was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored and Raesean Perryman tripled with two RBIs and a run scored for Roland.
Brant (5-4) got the complete-game win, going all seven innings with four strikeouts.
In the winner’sbracket final loss to Salina, the ’Cats got a complete game victory by pitcher Connor Johnson, who fanned 17 batters in seven innings and threw a onehitter, with that hit being a single by Colton Peters.
Ashton Peters (2-4) took the loss, going the first 5.2 innings with six strikeouts. Colton Peters went the final 1.1 innings with two strikeouts.
In the regional opener against Beggs, Wiggins hit a one-out, walk-off two-run home run for the win after the Golden Demons scored their run in the third inning.
Brant got the win in relief, pitching a scoreless seventh inning. In his final pitching performance for the Rangers, Wiggins went six innings with 17 Ks and allowed just a hit.
For the game, Wiggins was 2-for-3 with the game-winning, walk-off two-run homer.
In the regular-season finale victory over Cameron, Rangers got a combined two-hit shutout from four pitchers.
Brant got the win as he went the first two innings with a strikeout. Pitts went the next two innings with three Ks, while Colton Peters went the following 2.1 innings and fanned three batters. Avery Moya got the final two outs, one of which was by strikeout.
The Rangers scored twice in the first and third innings for a 4-0 lead. Two runs in the fifth inning and a run in the sixth inning upped Roland’s advantage to 7-0.
For the game, Pitts was 2-for-4 with a run scored, Brant was 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, two runs scored and a run batted in and Wiggins was 2-for-3 with a double, a two-run home run in the first inning, four RBIs and two runs scored for Roland.
