By Sandy Anderberg
Bronco baseball is midway through their 2024 season with some great wins under their belt. They went up against good teams in the West Texas tournament in Borger last week.
The Broncos opened up against a tough Friona team and finished the game in a seven-seven tie. Senior Jared Musick was on the mound allowing eight hits, seven runs and posting six strikeouts.
The Broncos started out slowly but were only down one run after the first two innings. Down by three after three innings, the Broncos crawled back in the top of the fourth to close the gap to one when Harrison Howard singled and scored Easton Frausto and Levi Gates popped out allowing Musick to cross the plate for a run.
The Bronco defense came alive in Friona’s next at bat to go three up, three down and then the offense took over to end the fifth at 7-6 when Mason Sims finds home plate and Easton Frausto takes it home on a Gates ground ball. A couple of errors in the final inning allowed the Chieftains to gain one more run to tie the game at seven all.
Howard had two hits, one run, stole two bases and Gates collected one hit, two RBIs and one stolen base. Grant Haynes posted one double and a stolen base and Musick, Sims, and Hagood all recorded one extra base.
The Broncos played another game on Thursday against Borger and stomped the Bulldogs 12-2. Sims got the call on the mound and allowed one run and two strike-outs. Braylon Rice came is as relief and allowed one run and two strike-outs as well.
The Broncos scored once in the first inning when Musick singled to allow Frausto to score the Broncos’ first run. The Bronco defense held Borger scoreless in their first time at the plate.
A huge second inning ensued for the Broncos as they scored four runs in the inning. After Sims scored one, Howard doubled up on a fly ball to center that score Haynes and Frausto. Musick then stole home and Howard came in to score during Gates’ turn at the plate.
Defensively, the highlight of the game was a double play in the bottom of the third. Musick grabbed the ball at third base and threw to Gates at first to get the first out. Gates then threw it right back to Musick to nab the runner to turn the double play.
Overall, the Broncos had nine hits in the game. Howard slammed two doubles, added one run, and four RBIs, while Frausto posted two hits, a run, two stolen bases, and one RBI. Haynes added one run and hit, and one RBI, while Frausto posted three runs, two hits and an RBI. Musick, Gates, and Hagood all had one run and one hit with Musick and Hagood adding an RBI. Mason Allred, Sims, Parker Haynes, and Heston Seay all added one hit in the game.
The third matchup for the Broncos was Fritch on Friday. The Broncos fought hard and won 3-0. Frausto earned the win in the two-inning game allowing one hit and posting four strikeouts. The Broncos were able to get their bats moving and scored all three runs in the first inning of play. They were able to end the game in the second inning only seeing four batters to end the game with the win.
The Broncos will play Tues., March at Shamrock at 4:30 and then travel to Kress on Sat. March 23, to play at noon. Thurs. March 26, the Broncos will travel to Wellington.
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