Following Wylie’s 7-5 loss to Argyle in Game 1 of the Region I-5A Division II championship series on Wednesday in Saginaw, Bulldogs coach Grant Martin said he expected his team to respond well when the series came to Abilene Christian University for Game 2.

On Friday at Crutcher Scott Field, the Bulldogs did that and then some, trouncing the Eagles 17-0 in a run-rule victory to force a deciding Game 3 at 1 p.m. Saturday in Graham.

The game was never close as Wylie followed a five-run first inning with a nine-run second, quickly turning Argyle’s post-graduation trip to Abilene into a nightmare and ensuring that the Eagles’ drive back east would be a long — and likely quiet — one.