Boyd-Buchanan’s final regular-season baseball game Thursday provided an opportunity for an unbeaten District 5-A record. It also was the day set aside to honor the three seniors whose careers are coming to a close.
Regardless of what he pointed out, though, Buccaneers coach Josh Rider could do little more than watch an uninspired team muddle its way through an 11-5 victory over visiting Grace Academy.
“Uninspired? It showed at the plate, on defense and in our pitching,” Rider said.
The Bucs (23-9, 8-0), who built a 5-0 lead through three innings, gave up three runs in the fourth and two in the sixth and were forced to score in two of their last three at-bats. They had only two errors but walked six and committed several mental blunders, including throwing to the wrong base, throwing late and loafing down the first-base line on a ball that dropped in.
As bad as the Bucs looked, they had company.