Sophomore
Jake Fults launched a walk-off, three-run double to deep left field in the seventh inning, vaulting Jesuit Dallas to a 6-5 win over Harlan in the first of two games to conclude the Pflugerville ISD Tournament on Saturday at Hendrickson High School. The Rangers finished off the tournament with a 2-2-2 record, capping their run with a 7-6 win over San Antonio O'Connor in the tournament finale.
In addition to the game-ending hit by Fults, freshmen
Fulton Lawrence and
James Jorgensen drove in runs to aid the Jesuit Dallas effort. Junior
Cameron Davis, senior
Dominic Migliore and senior
Jonah Timmons tacked on additional hits for the Rangers, with Fults and Timmons adding doubles to the Ranger effort. Lawrence and sophomore Ethan Jimenez stole bases to compliment the Jesuit Dallas offense. On the mound, junior
Will Whitehead threw 5.1 innings and secured six strikeouts before sophomore Patrick Brady took over in the sixth, working his way out of a bases loaded jam to provide an opening for the Jesuit Dallas comeback.
Fults added two RBI in Jesuit's win over O'Connor while going 3-for-4 from the plate, as senior
Jack Strong went 2-fo-4 with two RBI to aid the Jesuit Dallas effort. Senior
Jonah Timmons added two hits for Jesuit, including a double, and scored a team-leading two runs. Stolen bases were recorded by Davis and
Nick Barber, with the latter joining Jimenez in the RBI column. Senior
Luke Isett earned his first win of the season with a complete game effort, striking out four baters to help lead Jesuit to the victory. O'Connor had the game-tying run at second base with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but Isett clinched the win with a strikeout to clinch the win for he Rangers.
Jesuit Dallas will make its Wright Field debut on Thursday, Mar. 2 as the Rangers will begin the 2023 Collin County Invitational against Plano East at 11 a.m. The Rangers will conclude the first day of the Collin County Invitational with a 4 p.m. showdown against Midlothian Heritage.
