{"id":7614,"date":"2019-05-15T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=7614"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:29:22","slug":"coyotes-fall-just-short-in-comeback-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/coyotes-fall-just-short-in-comeback-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyotes fall just short in comeback attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Madera Coyotes baseball team couldn\u2019t get away from the one bad inning and fell just short in a 7-5 Div. II first round Central Section playoff game against the Tulare Union Tribe.<\/p>

The sixth-seeded Coyotes put the game-winning runs on base in the bottom of the seventh, but a grounded ended Madera\u2019s inning and sent the 11th seeded Tribe to the quarterfinals against Fresno High School.<\/p>

The Tribe scored five runs in the fifth inning to turn a one-run lead into a 7-1 lead it would desperately hang on to until the final out was recorded on May 7.<\/p>

\u201cThey really took advantage of the inning,\u201d head coach Andy Underwood said. \u201cWe walked the No. 8 hitter and we fudged up two bunts in a row to load the bases. Unfortunately for us, they capitalized and took advantage. It was a game of swings and momentum. Our kids fought real hard.\u201d<\/p>

The Coyotes responded with three runs in the bottom of the fifth and made the game close with a run in the seventh and the bases loaded with two outs before the final out was recorded.<\/p>

\u201cIn the fifth, I thought we should have gotten a couple more,\u201d Underwood said. \u201cThat would have given us a real legit chance at tying or winning it in the seventh. Even at that, we still gave it a good run. We kept pushing and came up a hit short.\u201d<\/p>

Seven different Coyotes had a hit in the game and Madera left 10 runners on base compared to two by the Tribe.<\/p>

\u201cWe had some chances early in the game,\u201d Underwood said. \u201c(Tommy) Molina lined out to left. He hit the ball a little too hard and it hung up long enough for the left fielder to make a play. That was a big play. I thought if we could have gotten the first run, it would have been big.\u201d<\/p>

Both teams were scoreless through the first three innings before the Tribe put two runs on the board in the fourth inning.<\/p>

After a groundout, the Tribe followed with three straight hits for a 2-0 lead to chase starting pitcher Alek Trukki.<\/p>

Molina came in and shut the door to end the inning.<\/p>

Madera came back to cut the lead in half. With one out, Kristian Gomez reached on an error. Nikayha Castro was hit by a pitch. After a flyout for the second out, Isaiah Monge singled up the middle to drive in Gomez for a 2-1 Tulare lead.<\/p>

However, the Tribe got to Molina in the fifth. A lead off walk followed by two singles and another walk led to another run scored.<\/p>

A sacrifice fly drove in another run, but Ben Pederson put the game out of reach with a three-run home run, his third hit of the game for a 7-1 lead.<\/p>

Madera put up a threat in the fifth inning. Cole Brincefield and Shane Pursell opened the inning with singles. Molina followed with a single to drive in Brincefield. Jonathan Ramirez was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Kristian Gomez drew a walk to force in Pursell.<\/p>

After a popout, Sam Hass grounded out to drive in Molina to cut the lead to 7-4.<\/p>

After allowing the home run in the fifth, Castro settled down and retired next eight batters in a row, including four by strikeout.<\/p>

With one out in the seventh, Ramirez started a rally with a double down the left field line. Gomez reached on a throwing error and Castro flied out to drive in Ramirez.<\/p>

Hass reached on a wild pitch third strike and Monge drew a walk to load the bases with the tying run at second base.<\/p>

Raymond Perez was summoned off the bench and hit a scorcher up the middle that was fielded by the Tulare shortstop, who touched second to end the game and the Coyotes\u2019 season.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Madera Coyotes baseball team couldn\u2019t get away from the one bad inning and fell just short in a 7-5 Div. II first round Central Section playoff game against the Tulare Union Tribe. The sixth-seeded Coyotes put the game-winning runs on base in the bottom of the seventh, but a grounded ended Madera\u2019s inning and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":26455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-7614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}