SLOPPY START
Tue, 2016-03-22 05:00
News Staff
Early mistakes cost Cove in 6-3 loss to Belton
By TJ MAXWELL
Cove Leader-Press
The Cove Bulldawgs knew they needed a near-perfect game to beat the perennial power Belton Tigers in their District 12-6A show down on Friday in Copperas Cove.
They had one for 6 1/3 innings, but that two-thirds of an inning was costly in the Dawgs’ effort to stay atop the district standings.
Two Cove pitchers combined for four walks, two hit batters, a balk and a wild pitch to allow six of the first seven runners to reach base and an infield single by Belton’s Breck Potvin finished scoring all six. A pair of passed ball contributed to the six-run folly.