Bishop pitcher Joey Olvera dismissed nine Riviera- Kaufer batters during Game One of a best of three regional quarterfinal series held in Robstown on Thursday. The Badgers lost 4-3. Game Two was scheduled for 4:30 p m. on Friday. Game Three - if needed - is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 22. Riviera-Kaufer High School’s varsity baseball team took a one game lead after beating Bishop 4-3 in Game One of the Region IV quarterfinals held at Fairgrounds Field in Robstown Thursday.

Bishop (third place in District 32-2A) swept Refugio and Kaufer (champion) took down Taft two-games-to-one during each team’s respective area series last week.

Joey Olvera took the mound for the Badgers and the Seahawks started J.D. Moya on Thursday.

Neither team scored in the first two innings as Olvera struck out three batters and Moya dismissed two.

Olvera’s first ‘k’ came when Bishop faced bases loaded with two outs in the first inning. Kaufer Infielder Heston Van Fleet dove and snagged a line drive fly in the opening frame wiping away a possible Badger hit.

Riviera-Kaufer Pitcher J.D. Moya struck out six Bishop batters during Game One of a best of three regional quarterfinal series held in Robstown on Thursday. The Seahawks won 4-3. Game Two was scheduled for 4:30 p m. on Friday. Game Three - if necessary - is scheduled for 2 p m. on Saturday, May 22. A sacrifice bunt attempt by Jacob Salinas, in the third inning, instead turned into a double because of a missed throw at first base by Bishop and brought in Ricky Falcon for Kaufer’s first score of the night. A single by Moya, on the very next play, allowed Salinas to come home and Kaufer led 2-0. A pair of mishandled pitches at home plate by the Badgers allowed the Seahawks to advance more runners, but Olvera struck out his fourth victim and a groundout to first base ended the top of the third inning.

Bishop had Bruizer Del Bosque standing on third base and Tres Figueroa on first, in the third inning, but Kaufer executed a double play - at second and first - to end that threat.

The Badgers finally got on the scoreboard through a single by Robert Gaona in the fourth inning - and a bad throw at third base by Kaufer - which allowed Carl Huizar to score. Bishop took a 3-2 lead, on the following play, when Dylan Horner doubled and Tommy Cavazos and Gaona both came home. The Seahawks turned another double play at first and third base to end the fourth inning.

With two outs against Kaufer in the fifth inning, Wade Moore smacked a solo home run to left field which tied the game up at 3-3.

Olvera struck out all three Seahawk batters in the sixth inning; the third dismissal coming with a base runner standing on third base.

Kaufer retook the advantage (4-3) in the seventh inning when Jacob Salinas came in from third base for the game winning score on a ground out at first by Brett Quackenbush.

Olvera recorded nine strikeouts while Moya tallied six.