May 15, 2016 - The Joaquin Rams varsity baseball team won Game 2 of their Region III Class 2A Area round, over the Douglass Indians, by a 7-3 score on Friday, at Gary High School. Joaquin now advances to the Region III Quarterfinals and will face the winner of Lovelady and Colmesneil High Schools next week. The Rams won Game 1 with a 5-2 advantage over DHS last Thursday.
The Rams gained a 2-0 lead early in Game 2. Douglass pulled to within 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth frame, when Joaquin committed two infield errors, allowing senior Jack Garner to score after reaching base on a single.
The Rams bounced back to extend their lead to 4-1, in the top of the fifth frame, when Tanner Williams drove home Justin Hooper and Brock Lawson with an RBI double.
Indian Logan Ammons scored on an infield error, in the bottom of the fifth inning, to cut the Joaquin lead to 4-2. Teammate Grant Holland added another score when he ran home from third base on a ball which got past Joaquin's catcher on a wild pitch. This cut the JHS lead to just 4-3.
Klay Adkison came through big for the Rams, in the top of the seventh frame, when he hit a triple which scored two runs, and gave JHS a 6-3 advantage. He later scored on a passed ball to give the Rams the final 7-3 margin of victory.
