DRIPPING SPRINGS — With two outs and the tying run on third base and a possible walk off win runner on first base, a strikeout ended the game for the Dripping Springs High School baseball team against the Calallen High School Wildcats March 6, but the rally killer in the Keith Tuck Memorial Baseball Tournament was a two-hour time limit for tournament games.
Sophomore Ryan Gamblin got his first varsity start on the mound for the Tigers when they faced the Wildcats at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 7, the second day of the three-day tournament, and he just found out that morning. Gamblin ended the top of the second inning with his first varsity strikeout and went two-and-one-third innings, giving up one run on three hits.
The game was tied 1-1 with one out when Colby Wilson came in to relieve Gamblin. Calallen was caught stealing and the next batter was retired. The Tigers took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning when Dom Hurley drove in Jason Steele. The Wildcats tied it in the top of the fourth inning and with one out, had the bases loaded, but the Tigers turned a double play to end the threat and the score remained 2-2.
