Lockney's Nathan Ceniceros hits a grand slam home run during Lockney's final home game of the season on April 26, 2022. (Cervantes Photography/Used with Permission)
LOCKNEY – The Lockney Longhorns (15-6, 8-3) keep finding ways to win. Tuesday night at Longhorn Field it was a grand slam home run by Nathan Ceniceros to ignite a six run second inning to propel Lockney to a tough 7-6 win in district 3-2A baseball play. Ceniceros delivered the game winning hit on a RBI single to leftfield in the sixth inning.
Austin Rodriguez (3-0) got the win on the mound by allowing five runs on four hits and a walk. He had three strikeouts in three innings of work. Joshua Jimenez got the save by throwing the last four innings by giving up one run on two hits and hurled six strikeouts.
MORE: See photos of Tuesday’s game from Cervantes Photography
Lockney is now one game behind Ralls (14-9, 9-2) in the district standings going into Game 2 on Friday. The winner of this game will be the No. 2 seed, and the loser the No. 3 seed going into the Bi-District playoffs next week. New Deal has now clinched the No. 1 seed. The No. 4 seed is still to be determined between Floydada and Post.
RALLS – 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 – 6 7 4
LOCKNEY – 0 6 0 0 0 1 x – 7 4 7
WP- Austin Rodriguez (3-0), LP – Kutter Bartlett, Save – Josh Jimenez
records: Lockney (15-6, 8-3) , Ralls (14-9, 9-2)
HR – (LOC) Nathan Ciniceros, (RALLS) Salazar
Doubles – (RALLS) Luke Ovalle, Charles Gwinn
Singles – (LOC) Dyllan Thiebaud (2), Ciniceros
RBI – (LOC) Ciniceros (5), Xavier Jimenez
Runs scored – (LOC) Ciniceros, Rodriguez, Thiebaud, Morris Salas, X. Jimenez
3-2A Baseball results on Tuesday
Lockney 7 Ralls 6
New Deal 9 Hale Center 3
Post 15 Olton 5
Floydada 12 Springlake-Earth 12 (non-district game)
3-2A Baseball standings
New Deal 10-1 15-4 (clinched No. 1 seed)
Ralls 9-2 14-9 (clinched playoffs)
Lockney 8-3 15-6 (clinched playoffs
Floydada 5-7 8-12-1
Post 4-7 5-13-1
Hale Center 3-9 7-11-1
Olton 0-11 0-12
No. 4 seed situation: if Post defeats Olton in Game 2 this week, there will be a tie
between Post and Floydada to be decided in a play-in game on Monday (May 2) at Abernathy.
If Post loses to Olton, Floydada will be the No. 4 seed.
3-2A baseball games Friday-Saturday
Lockney at Ralls (Friday)
New Deal at Hale Center
Olton at Post
