Broncbusters drop 4-1 decision to Cloud County
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 |
By Mike Pilosof
Concordia, KS-Garden City's offensive struggles continued in game three on Saturday.
Carl Aikman tossed a complete-game four hitter, Williams Camacho-Soto homered and knocked in three runs, and Cloud County downed Garden City 4-1 at Lee Doyen Field.
The Broncbusters did manage to get to Aikman in the first. Ibrahim Rodriguez singled with one out, and Miguel Ramos doubled him home. But Garden City managed just two hits the rest of the way.
That 1-0 lead stuck until the fourth when Camacho-Soto smashed lefty Michael Thorne's hanging breaking ball over the wall in left for a two-run blast that put the Thunderbirds up 2-1. Adler Pierson smacked an RBI single later in the inning, and Cloud County had a two-run advantage. They added some insurance in the fifth with Camacho-Soto's RBI single to center.
Thorne dropped his third decision of the season, allowing three runs on four hits in three innings. Jake Gimble surrendered a run on three hits in two innings of relief, and Noah McCandless pitched a scoreless sixth.
Aikman notched his third victory of the yeah for the Thunderbirds, which won their seventh straight game. He struck out nine.