Baseball/softball: Postseason runs continue for several area teams

As the playoff fields get cut in half with every passing week, there are still several area teams alive in the UIL baseball and softball playoffs.

Baseball: Sanger sweeps

FORT WORTH — The Sanger Indians are peaking at just the right time. Freshman pitcher Anthony Escobedo threw a three-hit shutout, striking out nine, while classmate Wilding Smith doubled and drove in a run Saturday, leading the Indians to a 4-0 victory over Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis to sweep the Class 3A Region II area-round playoff series in two games.

Baseball: Marshall fans 11 as Ryan sweeps Andress

WOLFFORTH — As it turned out, the weather never was an issue Saturday. Nope, the only issue on this day, at least as far as El Paso Andress was concerned, was Ryan’s James Marshall.

Baseball: Argyle wins in thriller

McKINNEY — Meant to be a best-of-three playoff series, Argyle and Lucas Lovejoy gave the crowd three games’ worth of drama in their one-game, winner-take-all Class 3A Region II area playoff game Saturday night at Boyd High School.