BRONCO FRESHMAN BOUNCE BACK AGAINST IOWA

The SHHS Bronco freshman baseball team bounced back from a rare loss to defeat the Iowa Yellowjackets 5-2 Wednesday night at Iowa. Eric Peterson (2 rbi), Derek LaPorte (1 run), and Blake Caswell (2b) each had two hits in the win.

Sam Houston scored all the runs they would need in the 4^th inning. Kameron Esthay led off the inning with a walk, then advanced to third base on a bunt single and error by Evan Campbell. Eric Peterson then laced a single to left to drive in both runners. Adam Chase followed with a stand-up triple to plate Peterson. Chase then scored when Blaise McCoy’s grounder to the third baseman drew a throw home to no avail. Caswell drove in McCoy to put the Broncos up 4-0 after he had advanced to second base on a LaPorte single. Following a two run 5^th inning by the Yellowjackets, Sam Houston capped their scoring with a single run in the 6^th on Caswell’s double that drove in his second run of the game.

The Broncos had excellent pitching during the night. Staring pitcher Kameron Esthay (WP) threw 4 1/3^rd inning of 2 run (1 earned) ball. He struck out eight while allowing four hits and one walk. Derek LaPorte (SV) followed him to the mound for the final 2 2/3^rd innings of work, striking out the first seven batters he faced. The only batter that reached base did so via a HBP. The game ended when Iowa’s 2^nd place hitter lined out to second baseman Zach Rome. Collin Kober and Esthay also added hits for the team.