Bronco Freshman Baseball Collars Jennings Bulldogs

The SHHS freshman baseball broke out the big sticks Wednesday afternoon to back a great pitching performance. The result was a 12-2 victory at the Jennings Bulldogs. Evan Campbell led the Bronco hitting attack in a big way with a 3 for 3 performance that included 3 doubles and 7 rbi. The Bulldogs wised up and walked Campbell in his last at-bat. Bronco batters had 10 hits and 10 rbi offensively. Other contributors to the onslaught were Collin Kober (3 hits, 3 runs) and Adam Chase (2 hits, 1 rbi). Zach Rome had a sweet bunt for a base hit and Eric Peterson scored 3 runs during the 6 inning game that was limited to a 4-run max score per inning. Defensively, Sam Houston committed only one error.

Kameron Esthay and Kober kept the Bulldogs off balance all afternoon showing a good mixture of breaking balls and hard stuff from both the left and right side of the mound. Lefty Esthay struggled a bit in the 1^st inning (which seems to be a trend with the young team) allowing 2 runs. He got in a groove and finished with a pitching line of 3 innings pitched, 2 runs, 2 hits, 3 walks, and 2 strikeouts. Kober followed him from the right side, allowing 0 runs in 3 innings pitched. He struck out 5, with only 1 walk.

The freshman team will face some stiff competition in the Tioga JV tournament this weekend. They will play 2 games on Friday and 2 games on Saturday.