Brady Clark turned in a solid start on the mound and delivered a three-run home run in the third inning to help the Wylie baseball team pull away for an important 9-4 win over Cooper on Tuesday at Bulldog Field.

The victory, which came despite four errors on a windy night at the ballpark, improved the Bulldogs (15-9 overall) to 9-5 in District 4-5A, keeping coach Grant Martin’s squad within a half-game of the lead in a wild playoff race. 

The Bulldogs are now tied with Lubbock Coronado (18-10, 9-5) for second place — a half-game behind leader Lubbock Cooper (17-15, 10-5) and a half-game ahead of Abilene High (12-15, 9-6) and Lubbock Monterey (13-16, 9-6). Lubbock Cooper downed Lubbock High 15-2 and Monterey topped AHS 12-0 in Tuesday’s other league games, keeping five teams in the title race as the district season hits the stretch run.