Broncbusters blast Southeast in game three

By Mike Pilosof

Garden City, KS-Chris Finnegan always talks about the next game. Why? Well in baseball, you can look completely overmatched in one contest; then look like your World Series bound the next. It's enough to drive any human insane. Ah, such is the life of a Junior College skipper.

Cullen Closson, Miguel Ramos, Kyle Jameson and Ryan Muniz each drove in a pair of runs, Michael Thorne struck out seven in four innings, and Garden City bounced back from Sunday's 16-3 loss with a 11-1 run-rule victory over Southeast in six innings at Williams Stadium. 

And the Broncbusters wasted no time getting started in this one.

In the second, Garden City strung together a two-out rally, thanks to a Mason Mitchell single and a Kyle Jameson walk. Michael Wright followed with an RBI knock, and the Broncbusters were up 1-0.

After Southeast tied the contest in the top of the third, the brown and gold answered in the bottom half; again, doing their damage with two outs. Glosson singled home a pair, and Mitchell tripled off the wall in right to make it 4-1. An inning later, Goeff Marlow pushed a run across when he bounced into a double play. But the floodgates literally opened in the sixth. The first six men reached base, setting the table for Jameson, who smoked a two-run single. That was followed up by Ryan Muniz's two RBI hit that ended the game.

While the offense found its groove, Thorne was magnificent on the bump, scattering just three hits while yielding a single run. DJ Burke followed with two innings of scoreless relief.

Southeast starter Brandon Doty allowed one run on two hits in 1 1/3 innings. Cooper Pososki allowed three runs out of the pen, and Nate Whitehill gave up six.