IRA — Ira remained undefeated this baseball season with a 22-1 win over Colorado City in a non-district game Tuesday.
Hunter Cotton and Karson Valentine combined to pitch a 2-hitter while Kade Sanders, Ramiro Rios and Cotton combined for 10 hits and 13 RBIs.
Ira (4-0) scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning. Rios hit a 2-run double while Brayden Corley and Sanders each had RBI singles. In the second inning, Emanual Cabrera hit a 2-run single while Sanders and Rios had RBI singles.
Leading 11-1 in the third inning, Sanders hit a grand slam while Rios and Cotton added RBI singles.
Anthony Coy and Cotton hit RBI doubles in the fourth inning.
Ira’s next game will be the District 6-2A opener against Borden County at home March 25.
Ira scorers — Kade Sanders 3 singles, home run, 6 RBIs; Ramiro Rios 2 singles, double, 4 RBIs, 1 stolen base; Hunter Cotton 3 singles, double, 3 RBIs, 1 stolen base; Anthony Coy double, 2 RBIs; Emanual Cabrera single, 2 RBIs; Paxton Cooley single, 1 RBI, 1 stolen base; Brayden Corley single, 1 RBI; Karson Valentine single; Matthew Brazil 1 RBI; Raemi Castillo 2 stolen bases.
Ira pitchers — Hunter Cotton 1 hit, 1 run, 4 strikeouts, 4 walks in 3 innings; Karson Valentine 1 hit, 0 runs in 2 innings.