By Michael Adams
Austin Sports Journal
DRIPPING SPRINGS – Hudson DePriest’s only hit in Saturday’s decisive Game 3 of an area round series may have been Round Rock’s biggest of the season.
DePriest blasted a line drive to left field to plate the game-winning run and complete a comeback to defeat San Antonio Reagan 5-4 at Tiger Field in Dripping Springs.
JP Kazman set up the final play with a double to center field to score Brooks Miulenack and Jace Kivett, who represented the tying run. Kazman finished the game going 2 for 3 with two RBIs.
The win sends the Dragons (28-6-1) to the Class 6A Division I regional semifinals where they will face Buda Johnson. The Jaguars swept Weslaco in a best-of-three series.
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The Rattlers (25-10-2) broke up a 2-2 tie in the top of the seventh inning with two unearned runs to take a two-run lead into the bottom half of the inning.
Round Rock struck first in the bottom of the third inning. However, Reagan put two runs on the board in the top of the fifth to take its first lead of the game.
The Dragon’s answered in the bottom of the inning with a sacrifice fly from Kivett to score Jack Appl. Appl finished the game going 2 for 3 at the plate with a run scored. Kivett was 2 for 2 with an RBI.
Round Rock dropped the first game of the series to Reagan 1-0, but rebounded Friday in Game 2 with a 3-2 victory over the Rattlers.
Lightning in the area delayed the start of Saturday’s game by two hours.
