Broncbusters double up Dodge in game two

By Mike Pilosof

Dodge City, KS-Garden City followed up their game-one offensive onslaught with an impressive encore

The Broncbusters smashed four home runs, Ryan Muniz and Cullen Glosson each knocked in three, and Garden City doubled up Dodge City 10-5 Thursday afternoon at Cavalier Field.

And the visitors put this one to bed early.

Conquistadors' starter Mathis Mauldin began the game by issuing four straight walks, the last of which got him pulled. Luke Smith was inserted, but he fared no better, yielding a sacrifice fly to Ibrahim Rodriguez and back-to-back homers to Ryan Muniz and Mason Mitchell that put the Broncbusters up 6-0.

Dodge City got a run back in the bottom of the second; then made it a three-run contest with two more in the third. That's when the Broncbuster offense went back on the attack. Ibrahim Rodriguez drilled a solo shot in the fifth, Cullen Glosson connected on a three-run bomb later in the frame, and Garden City led 10-3.

Meantime Guillermo Gelpi, fresh off his 13-strikeout performance last weekend, got through four, allowing five runs on five hits while fanning six. But it was the bullpen this time around that was impressive. Cameron Sistrunk, who earned the save in the opener, tossed an inning of scoreless relief before Sage McMinn struck out five over the final two frames, giving the Broncbusters consecutive wins for the first time since the end of March.