Bronco Freshman Outlast St Louis

The SHHS Bronco freshman baseball team defeated the St Louis Saints 12-11 in the 3^rd game of the year played between the teams. Even though the team had already beaten the Saints handily in their first two meetings, they lived up to the saying “That’s baseball…” The young Broncos built an early lead in the bottom of the 4^th inning in  Moss Bluff on Monday night, giving all the fans in the stands the false hope that they may make an early night of it. Not to be denied, the Saints frosh rallied for eight runs in the top of the 6^th inning making the score 11-10 Broncos at that point. Sam Houston answered with a run in the bottom of the 6^th and held St Louis to a single run in the top of the 7^th, ending the game on a double play liner to Zach Rome.

Rome,  Eric Peterson, and Kameron Esthay led the way for the offense with two hits each. SHHS scored five runs in the bottom of the 3^rd inning, using only one hit in the process. Esthay doubled home two runs in that inning, while walks and potential plays at the plate plated the other three runs. Four more runs were tacked on in the 4^th inning, highlighted by Blaise McCoy’s two run double to the left center field gap. McCoy later scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Jack Hall. Collin Kober, Evan Campbell (2b, 2 rbi), and Blake Caswell added hits for the offense.

It was definitely not a night for the pitchers for either team, as the score would indicate. Bronco hurlers allowed 12 walks on the night. Kober gave the team a solid effort as the starter, allowing only one run on two hits, three walks, and one strikeout. Austin Gordon, Jack Hall, and Derek LaPorte also saw action as the game wore on.

The Broncos season record stands at 14-2.