Senior
Bryce Bonner drove in five runs and junior
JJ Montenegro fanned 10 batters to vault the No. 15 Jesuit Dallas Rangers to a five-inning, 14-0, University Interscholastic League (UIL) District 9-6A triumph over Skyline on Thursday evening at Wright Field.
Bonner finished the evening 3-for-3 at the plate, opening the scoring in resounding fashion with a bases-clearing triple in the first inning. The senior added a screaming grounder up the middle in the third to score two additional runs, improving his season-long hitting streak to eight games while logging his sixth multi-hit game of the season.
On the mound, Montenegro followed up his no-hitter against Sunset on Mar. 17 with another double-digit strikeout performance. Only allowing two hits and no walks, the junior earned his third win of the year, moving his strikeout total on the year to 37 and lowering his earned run average to 3.00 en route to improving his record to 3-2 this season. In total, four Rangers recorded hits while the squad exhibited meticulous patience at the plate, forcing nine walks.
Seniors
Chris Campagna and
Thomas Jordan joined junior
Will Guzman in the hit column while Ranger fourth year
Connor Lynch drove in a pair of runs. Senior
Jared Bond, junior
JT Mix, sophomore Michael Schoettmer, Campagna and Guzman also brought runners home for the Blue and Gold.
Jesuit Dallas (16-4-2, 4-0-0) remained unbeaten in UIL District 9-6A by scoring runs in all four innings, beginning with four runs in the first. Bonner's triple opened up the scorebooks after Mix, senior
Pete Hamrick and fellow fourth-year
Kyle Muller all forced walks, and junior pinch runner
Alex Lengyel scored the squad's fourth run on a wild pitch.
After Lynch scored in the second on a Skyline error, Bonner cracked his two-run single to center to plate Muller and Hamrick, spotting the Rangers a 7-0 advantage. Lynch drove in senior
Jared Kengott in the third on a fielder's choice before a sacrifice fly by Mix increased the lead to nine runs.
The Jesuit offense closed the scoring in the fourth with five runs on four hits, capped by Bond getting hit by pitch with the bases loaded, another RBI fielder's choice by Lynch RBI singles by Guzman and Campagna, and a bases-loaded walk to Schoettmer for his first RBI on the varsity roster.
The Rangers will next compete against Irving at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Mar. 28 before hosting the Tigers at Wright Field on Friday, Apr. 1.