Strykers: McKinney turns tables

MCKINNEY, Texas – Just one game before, it was the Woodlands Strykers displaying their talents at the plate in a 12-5 home win over the Alexandria Aces. But on Saturday, it was the McKinney Marshals getting the job done at the plate in a 12-5 win over the Strykers.

The two teams go at it again at 7:05 p.m. Sunday before the Strykers return home for games on Monday against league-leading East Texas Pump Jacks and Tuesday against Alexandria.

On Saturday, the Strykers rallied from an early 2-0 deficit with single markers in the second, third and fourth innings to take a short-lived 3-2 lead. McKinney put the game out of reach with four-run innings in both the fourth and sixth.

Rickey Sanchez came up with two hits (2-for-4), drove in a run and scored another, for the Strykers to lift his batting average for the season to .313, which ranks fifth in the Texas Collegiate League.

Carter Burgess also had two of the Strykers’ eight hits (2-for-5) and drove in his 27th run of the season, which ranks fourth in the league.

Michael Aquino (1-for-4) added a hit and an RBI. He leads the league with a .333 batting average and is tops in homers (8). His RBI was the 33rd of the season, which ranks second in the league.

Garrett Lozano (1-for-4) had a hit and a run scored. The Woodlands Christian Academy grad is batting .316 for the season but does not have enough official at-bats to qualify to be among the leaders.

Dan Perkins (1-for-4, RBI) and Shaun Hoover (1-for-3) rounded out the hit totals for the Strykers ( ).

Derek Wade started and went three innings, allowing three hits and two runs while striking out two. Kael Jones suffered the loss in relief.