Broncos beat Electra, Paducah

The Clarendon Broncos continue to roll and ousted Electra 11-0 and Paducah 14-2.
On Saturday, the Broncos took on River Road and lost by one run at 9-10. Johnny Gaines was on the mound.

According to coach Brad Elam, the Broncos started out really hot scoring all 11 runs in the first three innings against Electra on the road Tuesday night.

“We cooled off after that,” Elam said. “(I) Thought we were really focused and ready to play, but it looked like we lost a little of that when we got up big.”

Brayden Phillips, Johnny Gaines, and David Roberts scored two runs each. Gaines had three RBI, Brady Miller, Troy Chambless, and Bradley Watson had two RBI. Gaines and Roberts each had two hits in the game.

“Gaines pitched a good game giving up only one hit, and we played good defense,” Elam said.

On Friday the Broncos hosted Paducah and won easily at 14-2.

“We started slow in this game but heated up in the last two innings by scoring 10 runs,” Elam said. “Phillips started the game with an inside the park homerun, but we were unable to get rolling until the third.”

Phillips and Colter Goolsby scored three runs and had three hits. Phillips had three RBI, Goolsby, and Josh Krumwiede drove in two runners. Gaines and Goolsby had four stolen bases and Forrest Yelverton and Krumwiede stole three bases. Chambless got the win upping his mark to 5-0.

The Broncos traveled to River Road Saturday and narrowly lost 9-10.

“We needed to face a good team to get some other pitchers ready, but we needed to face good pitching,” Elam said. “We got behind1-4 early but were able to fight back and take a lead going into the last inning. We struggled early hitting four batters and walking one, giving up a few hits, but we settled down.”
Goolsby took over the honors from the mound in the fourth and the Broncos were able to shut them down for three innings.

“Offensively, we were able to score nine runs but did have some problems,” Elam said.
“We struck out too many times (10) and left base runners in scoring position. We have only played 2 seven-inning games, and we were able to pitch some different players so this was good for us. Of course we would have liked a better outcome.”

The Broncos will host Sanford Fritch at 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 10, and play Wellington at home Monday, April 12, beginning at 4:30 p.m.