# @macjournalism on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CsQD3DsAokz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11216296-macjournalism-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-15T04:48:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

## Caption

The casual fan might look at the final score of Friday’s playoff baseball game in Mumford and think that the Knights didn’t put up much of a fight in Game 2 of their area playoff series against Lake Creek.

Already up 1-0 in the series, the Lions won Game 2, 6-0, to sweep the series.

No doubt about it—Lake Creek (23-9) is a tough out. In two playoff rounds, the Lions have outscored their opponents, 23-2. A year ago, the Lions made the 5A state quarterfinals, and they look very much like they could match or surpass that result this year.

But don’t let the final score fool you. The Knights (24-10-1) fought toe to toe against the heavyweights from Montgomery.

The fight began on the mound where junior Sam Stevens pitched five scoreless innings after getting the Game 2 start. Combine those five goose eggs with the six he put up in the bi-district series-clinching Game 2 win over Georgetown East View a week ago and that’s a dozen innings for Stevens in which he allowed only one run.

“He pitched a hell of a game,” said Stevens’ catcher and battery mate, senior Pablo Lopez. “I always love catching for him due to how consistent he is. He really just competed, and it helped a lot that he was super consistent in hitting his spots.”

The problem for the Knights, however, was that Stevens wasn’t the only shutdown pitcher putting zeroes up on the scoreboard through five innings.

Lion starter Jackson Wilkerson, a Baylor commit, matched him zero for zero. Over that span, the Knights managed only one hit, a Lopez single to lead off the fourth.

Wilkerson was good, Lopez conceded, but the Knights had baserunners thanks to a few walks.

“They were a really good team and super sound defensively,” Lopez said. “But honestly, I wasn’t super blown away by their performance. They were definitely a beatable team.”

The Knights either led, were tied or were within two runs of the Lions for 11 of the 14 innings played in the series. The Knights just couldn’t string the hits together to win either game late.

“We just struggled to put runs on the board,” Lopez said matter-of-factly. “And that’s really why we couldn’t pull this one out.”

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| McCallum Journalism | @macjournalism | https://gondola.cc/macjournalism | Newspaper |
| Julia Copas | @julia_copas | https://gondola.cc/julia_copas | Photographer |

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