Juniors Grant Glaze and Jace Vessels rocked the mound Friday night with Glaze pitching the first four innings, and Vessels closing out the final inning.         

“It was good to go out with a win,” Glaze said.  “We just wanted to start playoffs off with a good start.”

 Senior Austin King said that they are not going to take their first round match up with Wichita Falls Rider lightly, but that they are going to continue to play their own game.

“They’re going to be a good team,” Glaze said. “We are confident and will have to play hard. We will just try to win the game of baseball.”

“We’re not looking too much into our ranking, we are just considering it another number and will worry about it when the time comes,” senior Colton Baker said. “We feel confident about our team this year, we’ve been working hard, and we’re looking forward to showcasing our talents this year.”

The boys will face Hereford tonight at 5 p.m. at Connor Park.

“Today is just another game and we are just looking to go out and kick some Whiteface tail,” senior Austin King said.

Winning 27-3, and 21-10 the team advanced to the area round.  

The team began the second game of the series with 11 unanswered runs in the first inning.  

Leading 11-0 after four innings, the team was three outs away from forcing a run rule but Big Spring stayed in the game by scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth.

The steers then scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth to bring the game to13-10.

But the Eagles answered with eight runs in the seventh inning to send Big Spring home.

The team had a total of 18 hits.

Seniors Kendall Neill and Dillon Riley had five runs.

Senior Carson Rogers had four hits and three doubles.

The team is 27-3.

The boys will play San Elizario Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at noon in a best-of-three series for the area championship.

Game three will be held 30 minutes following game 2, if necessary.

The games will be held on the Ernie Johnson Field in Midland.