Broncbusters take series opener from Southeast
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 8 | 0 |
By Mike Pilosof
Garden City, KS-Nearly two weeks had passed since Garden City played its last game. Yet, during Sunday's series opener with Southeast, you really couldn't tell.
Mason Mitchell recorded two hits and knocked in two runs, starter, Guillermo Gelpi shook off a rocky first inning to strikeout three, and the Broncbusters doubled up the Storm 8-4 at Williams Stadium. The win moved Garden City two games over .500 at 3-1.
As for that aforementioned slow start, Gelpi had issues throwing strikes in the opening stanza. He walked the first two batters, then surrendered a two-run double to Matt Goetzmann that gave Southeast a 2-0 advantage. But that was really the gist of Gelpi's struggles. After that, it was all downhill.
The transfer from Bethune Cookman battled back to get out of a jam in the first by striking out Eric Anderson before inducing a fly out and a ground out to end the frame. He worked around a two-out walk in the second by getting Goetzmann out in front of a change up that bounced harmlessly into the glove of shortstop Kyle Jameson, who threw him out at first; then struck out the final two batters he faced in the third. His final stat line: three innings pitched, two runs on two hits, three strikeouts and three walks.
Meantime Garden City's offense took flight in the third. Ryan Muniz walked, Tyler Barth singled, and Geoff Marlow took a free pass to load the bases. That's when Will Gardner struck the first blow with an RBI single through a hole on the left side of the infield. The next batter, Elliott Hermann reached on an error that allowed another run to cross before Mitchell smoked a two-RBI single up the middle. Jameson followed with a run-scoring double, and Garden City was up 6-2. They added another run in the fourth and one more the following inning when Michael Wright hit a hit shot that shortstop Nolan Brown misplayed.
Jameson finished 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored and an RBI for Garden city. On the bump, Trey Schwerdtfeger and Noah McCandless provided solid relief, allowing two runs on five hits over four innings.