Broncbusters power past Colby in game two

By Mike Pilosof

Garden City, KS-It took them eight games, but Garden City finally hit one out of the yard. And oh yeah, they squashed Colby at the same time.

Michael Wright became the first Broncbuster to homer this season, Andrew Petrowski struck out six in five innings, and Garden City beat Colby 6-2 Saturday afternoon at Williams Stadium.

Wright's homer was the capper to the crescendo that defined game two of this series. But before he went yard, this was a pitcher's duel between Petrowski and Kyle Bloor, with each hurler one-upping the other. Petrowski started it by working around a one-out single in the first by inducing a 1-4-3 inning-ending double play. In the second, the freshman recorded three punchouts after walking the leadoff man, Tucker Zdunich. But after recording two outs in the third, Jake Ticer finally broke through for Colby, lacing an RBI single to right to make it 1-0. In the end, Petrowski would eventually yield another run when Blake Beauchene dropped a third strike that allowed Dylan Simmons to score.

Meantime Bloor retired seven out of the first eight Garden City hitters he faced before Jameson singled with one out in the third. He then worked out of two-on-two-out jam in the fourth by striking out Mason Mitchell. His final stat line: five innings pitched, two runs on three hits and eight strikeouts.  

The Broncbuster offense finally got going with two in the fifth, spearheaded by Tyler Barth's line-drive triple to the gap in right-center. Then, with two outs in the sixth, Kyle Jameson snuck a ball past a diving Brayden Nichols at short. That set the table for Wright, who powered Kyle Froehlich's 0-1 fastball over the wall in right for a two-run blast and a 6-2 lead.

Petrowski notched his second victory of the season while scattering just four hits for Garden City. Jameson finished 2-for-3 at the plate, and Wright drove in three.