By Sandy Anderberg
The Lady Broncos stopped the Lady Cats early in the game to take the win over the Childress team by nine runs at 17-6 last week.
Kennadie Cummins was dead-on from the mound and the Lady Broncos defense put the squeeze on the Lady Cats and held them scoreless in the last four innings.
Cummins went the entire way allowing six runs, six hits, and three walks. Cummins threw 112 pitches and struck out 12 batters. Eighty-one of Cummins’ pitches were strikes, which gave the Lady Cats a lot of trouble at the plate.
Cummins not only played great defense from the mound, she worked hard at the plate as well and knocked down a homerun to left field in the top of the fourth on the second pitch of the inning to put the ladies up by three after Childress took a 6-3 lead after two.
The Lady Broncos hit the ball well all day. Hayden Elam posted a single, a double, a triple, and four RBIs and Tandie Cummins had two singles, one double, one RBI, and three runs. Zane Cruse, Riley Jantz, and Elliot Frausto all had at least one single in the game.
They had 13 hits in the game and only recorded two errors. They were able to grab two stolen bases as a team.
They defeated West Plains 14-1 with T. Cummins on the mound for the entire game. Cummins allowed four hits and one run while striking out nine batters. Offensively she was able to slam a home run early in the game and added a double and earned three RBIs and two runs down the stretch. Maloree Wann was hot at the plate and knocked down two doubles, two RBIs, and two runs. Elam posted a single, double, and five RBIs.
Next up for the ladies was Dalhart and they earned the shut out at 13-0. K. Cummins got the call for all five innings and only allowed Dalhart two hits. Cummins struck out 10 and the team overall stole six bases. Elam and K. Cummins pounded one homerun each in the fourth innings that scored four runs together to help the ladies get the shutout win.
The Lady Broncos scrambled against Randall’s junior varsity, but fell three runs short at 6-9. T. Cummins pitched a strong game for six innings and allowed 11 hits, nine runs, and no walks. She struck out five hitters. The Lady Raiders used a talented pitcher, but they were able to get 10 hits in the game. T. Cummins cracked another HR and one RBI and two runs. Shelby Christopher posted three singles and one run, and Cruse earned one double and two RBIs.
They went up against Tulia at Tascosa and slammed them 24-2 in two innings. T. Cummins pitched and threw 38 total strikes out of 55 pitches, striking out seven hitters. She also collected two home runs. K. Cummins had a good triple and Elam, Jantz, and Frausto all had doubles in the game.
The last team they played last week was Tascosa junior varsity and annihilated them 19-1. K. Cummins did a great job on the mound for three innings and had seven strike-outs. Shelbi Coles came in as relief for two innings and struck out two.
T. Cummins hit yet another homerun in the first inning and Elam, Jantz, Frausto, Rodriguez, K. Cummins, and Christopher made up the six stolen bases in the game. The Lady Rebels’ only run came in the fifth inning when they were able to knock down a homerun.
The Lady Broncos will be at home March 14 against Randall JV and March 15 against Hale Center. Both games start at 1 p.m. They will travel to Quanah on Tuesday, March 18 for a game at 4:00 p.m.
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