Westwood steals first game of playoffs from San Marcos

Head coach Bryan Webb lives by “you never know.”

San Marcos and Round Rock Westwood are locked into a first-round, three-game series which was chosen by Westwood, the District 25-6A champion. Winning the district allowed the Warriors to pick a one- or three-game series and the champs chose the latter, allowing the purple and white to host the first game. Game one didn’t fail to excite but no one would have known the results of the game or even been able to predict the trends.

Round Rock was able to halt a 4-0 run by the Rattlers late in the game, and a checked swing called for a strikeout awarded the visiting No. 1 seed a 5-4 win over the hosts in eight innings on Friday.