By Sandy Anderberg
The Broncos had things rolling in their match up with a state-ranked team, but were unable to get their bats going at a crucial time in their 5-6 loss to Booker last week.
“(We) missed a golden opportunity to beat the #8 ranked team in the state and move into a tie for first place,” coach Brad Elam said. “We had the lead until the third inning and needed a couple of crucial hits to retake the lead but were unable to get them.”
According to Elam, the Broncos scored all five of their runs in the first four innings and failed to get anybody across the plate in the last three. Despite the loss, the Broncos played hard and several players ended the game with decent stats.
Dusty Rice reached base all three times including an RBI double and scored one run. Dillon Nickell reached base twice with one RBI and two scored runs. Ryan Isbell had an RBI, and Diego Santos and Chance McAnear each scored runs.
“We are just not getting the big hits when we need them, and we are making too many errors,” Elam said. “We made six costly errors that resulted in most of their runs. (But) Adam Topper pitched another excellent game.”
The Broncos defeated Follett 5-4 earlier in the week with Rice getting the win.
The Broncos will take on Claude at home on Saturday, April 13, at noon and travel to Shamrock on Tuesday, April 16, at 4:00 p.m.
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