Broncbusters take down Seward in game two
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Seward County Community College
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
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Garden City Community College
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 | 13 | 2 |
By Mike Pilosof
Photo by Adam Shrimplin
Garden City, KS-After being limited to just five hits in Thursday's opener, Garden City's offense finally awoke in the finale, helping Amy Schmeckpeper's team earn a split in their first conference series of the season.
Micaela Mirabal, Nya Chacon and Lacey Kearsley each collected two hits, Tara Reid punched out eight in the circle, and the Broncbusters beat Seward county 8-7 at Tangeman Sports Complex.
Garden City got going right away in this one. Three straight singles by Mckayla Encinias, Mirabal and Alexis Maestretti put runners in scoring position in the 1st. That's when Chacon delivered the first blow with an RBI double to center. Carly Powley followed with a run-scoring groundout, and Garden City was up 2-0. The Broncbusters then added to their lead in the 2nd thanks to Mirabal, who lasered Alyssah Pontoja's changeup into left for an RBI knock.
After the Saints got a run back in the 3rd, Garden City countered in the bottom half with Powley's second RBI groundout.
Things got interesting after that.
Seward County pulled to within two in the 4th, then tied the game on Jaci Oakley's solo shot in the 5th. Garden City answered with three runs in their half, punctuated by McKenzie Moore's RBI double. But the Saints didn't go away, and Macy Cesa-Spearman's RBI base hit in the 6th cut the Broncbusters' lead to 7-6.
Garden City caught a break in the bottom of the 6th when, after Powley doubled to center, Melissa Crisanti misplayed Reid's sinking liner into left allowing pinch runner Victoria Sanchez to score easily. However, Seward County made the Broncbusters sweat a little bit in the 7th. Oakley doubled and Clemons brought her around on an RBI groundout to make it 8-7. But after AJ Luna's two-out single kept the Saints' rally alive, Reid got Ashley to ground out to end the game.
The freshman right hander improved to 4-2 in the circle for Garden City, yielding five earned runs on 12 hits in a complete game. Pontoja took the loss for Seward, giving up five runs on 12 hits in six innings. She walked two and struck out two.