KING CITY — King City (8-16, 8-4 in Cypress) finished their 2025 season after competing against Gonzales (7-9, 7-5 in Cypress) in a two-game series last week, with the Mustangs winning the first game, 9-2, in King City and the Spartans securing the second with a seventh-inning comeback, 6-5.
In the first game, Sebastian Lizardi was the winning pitcher for the Mustangs, allowing just two runs and striking out six.
King City held a 6-0 lead at the bottom of the second inning, then the Spartans cut the lead to 6-2 with two runs in the top of the sixth. The Mustangs scored three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth.
In the series finale in Gonzales last Thursday, the Mustangs held a 5-1 lead until the bottom of the fourth when the Spartans began to chip away at the deficit.
Gonzales tied the game late and was just two outs from losing when Sergio Delgado was up with two outs. The count was 3-2 when Delgado swung and struck out, but the catcher didn’t catch the ball, allowing Delgado to run toward first base.
The catcher overthrew the ball, which allowed Delgado to be safe at first. Tony Garcia was next at bat and on the first pitch the ball was thrown into the dirt, which allowed Delgado to steal second base. The pitcher threw another ball into the dirt again and Delgado stole third.
On a 3-2 count, Garcia swung and hit the ball in front of the shortstop and third baseman. As the infielders looked up to make a play, the ball fell to the ground in between them allowing Delgado to score the winning run.
