By Sandy Anderberg
The Bronco baseball team is headed for the Bi-District round after shutting out Memphis 25-0 in their last regular season game. The Broncos have had a great season and are currently 14-1-2 overall.
Jared Musick took the mound in the game against Memphis and allowed no hits while throwing six strike-outs to get the win. Musick was assisted by Easton Frausto who took over the pitching duties in the final two innings posting five strike-outs while allowing only one run.
Junior Mason Sims mustered up one grand slam in the second inning to help the Broncos in their win and finish with five RBIs and three runs.
Frausto got the job done at the plate as well as he pounded two home runs in the game. Frausto’s first homerun came on the fourth pitch of the first inning to right field for the Broncos’ first scores of the game. The team was able to earn seven runs that inning. Frausto’s second HR came in the third that brought home Sims to put the game out of reach. The Broncos added six more runs in the fourth inning with big hits from Bryce Williams, Grant Haynes, Musick, and Harrison Howard.
Frausto collected four RBIs and five runs in the game, Levi Gates had one single, two doubles, two RBIs, and three runs. Howard claimed three singles, four RBIs, and two runs, while Williams had one single and was credited with four runs. Mason Allred posted one RBI and two runs, Musick had a double, one RBI, four runs, and the lone Bronco stolen base.
The Broncos added a game with Forsan in Floydada to prepare for post-season play and earned a 10-5 win. They were able to get 10 hits in the game while committing only one error.
Sims took the mound first for three innings throwing four strike-outs and allowing only one hit and one run. Musick took over in the fourth and allowed three runs and struck out seven batters and Frausto cleaned up finishing with two strike-outs, four hits, and one run.
Howard was solid at the plate posting a single, double, triple with four RBIs and one run and Haynes added two singles and two runs. Williams had a single, RBI, one run, and one stolen base while Frausto had a single, two runs, and two stolen bases in the win. Heston Seay had a double and one RBI and Sims was successful with one single, RBI, and run.
The Broncos got on the scoreboard first when Howard doubled to left field that scored Musick and Frausto. They went scoreless in the second but came out in the third with Williams knocking down a single to bring Howard home and Sim’s fly ball to center scored Williams. The Buffaloes marched back in the fourth inning with strong hits to score three runs to come within two runs of the Broncos. But the team still had more fire from the plate to extend their lead by four runs over Forsan. They topped it off by adding two more runs in the seventh inning. Frausto allowed them two hits in their turn at the plate, but they were unable to get a runner in scoring position. The game ended with a Forsan ground-out from Frausto to Gates at first base.
The Broncos will take on West Texas High at Palo Duro HS on Thursday, May 2, at 5:00pm in the first round of bi-district. The best two out of three series will continue on Saturday, May. 4, at 11:00 a.m. at PD, and if game three is needed, it will be played immediately following game two.
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