ERIC X. VICCARO

Sports Editor

Guymon Daily Herald

 

ERIC X. VICCARO/Guymon Daily Herald

 

 

Guymon’s Daniel Guadian throws toward first after making a play during the second game of Monday’s junior varsity doubleheader between the Tigers and Hugoton, Kan., at Asa Howard Field. The Tigers and Eagles split the pair of games.

 

Buoyed by a strong start at the plate and Matthew Burkett’s early pitching performance, the Guymon High School junior varsity baseball team won its first game of the season at Asa Howard Field Monday.

Burkett gave up three runs in four innings, striking out five while walking four and allowing four hits. 

“His fastball worked well and so did his cutter,” Guymon junior varsity head coach Wade Whatley said. “Burkett pitched a good four innings for us. They were only able to get a few Punch-and-Judy hits off of him.”

Daniel Guadian made things interesting in the fifth inning, but he was finally able to shut the door on the Eagles as Guymon won 9-6. The Tigers lost the second game of the twinbill by a count of 11-6 as the teams reversed roles.

Guymon now stands at 1-5. The junior varsity team is off for the remainder of the week because varsity will be playing at Perryton today and in the Route 66 Tournament down in Clinton Thursday through Saturday.

Whatley said the entire team executed well in the first game to get ahead in the first place.

Here’s a little recap on both games:

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Game One

Guymon 9,

Hugoton, Kan. 6

Fernando Acosta went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and one run scored and teammates Hunter Williamson, Austin Hardman and Burkett all plated two runs apiece for Guymon.

The Tigers broke out on top early with four runs in the first. Jacob Stonecipher and Hardman both slapped RBI singles in the first.

Acosta’s RBI double was the highlight of the Tigers’ four-run fourth.

Osman Hernandez paced Hugoton with two runs scored.

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Game Two

Hugoton, Kan. 11,

Guymon 6

The Eagles scored two runs in the first and five more in the third, which proved to be to big a hole for Guymon to shovel out from.

Eric Hernandez and Dang Dang scored on Kolten Renteria’s two-run double in the third as the Tigers closed within a 7-3 deficit of Hugoton. Burkett smacked an RBI double as part of Guymon’s three-run fifth, but the rally was stopped well short.

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Monday’s Results

At Asa Howard Field

Game One

Guymon 9, Hugoton, Kan. 6

Hugoton 101  14  — 6

Guymon 401  4x  — 9

WP — Matthew Burkett; LP — Derek Schnittker; Save — Daniel Guadian; 2B — Fernando Acosta 2 (G)

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Game Two

Hugoton, Kan. 11, Guymon 6

Hugoton 205  13  —  11

Guymon 102  03  —  6

WP — Jay Mueller; LP — Kolten Renteria; Save — None; 2B — Manuel Ortiz (H); Matthew Burkett and Kolten Renteria (G); 3B — Angel Perez (H)