CLEBURNE — Facing elimination after dropping the opener of its Region I-5A semifinal series to Argyle 12-0 on Thursday, the Wylie baseball team looked poised to even things up and force a deciding third game Saturday at the Cleburne High School baseball field.

But leading 4-0 after 5½ innings, the Bulldogs saw the wheels fall off in a five-run bottom of the sixth, leaving them on the wrong side of a heart-wrenching 5-4 loss and a two-game sweep at the hands of the Eagles for the second straight season.

The defeat marked the fourth consecutive year that Wylie was eliminated in the fourth round of the Class 5A playoffs, ending another successful campaign at 30-8.