MAY 2nd - BBHS 4, SCOTT 1 (District Seeding Game)
For six complete innings of play on Monday night at home, Brossart and Scott hooked up in a Pitchers’ Battle supreme. Scott Junior Blaise Huiet was brilliant, allowing no runs and only a single Colin Combs single in that time span. Meanwhile, Brossart hurler, Evan Moore had allowed only 1 unearned run on two hits, while striking out 11.
Huiet was plagued with wildness in the Brossart seventh walking home the tying run. With Alex Amin at third base and one out, Robbie Verst came on to pinch hit for Logan Meyer, and on the second pitch of his at bat, attempted a suicide squeeze bunt an a pitch in the dirt, resulting in Amin being tagged out on the play, sending the game to extras.
We had our chances in regulation, leaving two baserunners in the first and a runner at third base in the fifth.
Colin Combs, Evan Moore, and Andrew Beck all singled for the Mustangs, while Mitchell Combs delivered the three run, walk-off, home run. The win was also Evan Moore’s third on the mound on the year. Freshman Catcher Keegan Gulley gunned down two Eagles attempting to steal.
The win improves our season record to 14-10-1 and 2-0 in district seeding play. Brossart and Campbell County will duke it out at 1:30pm on Saturday on the Campbell County High School campus in Claryville.
Lady Stangs Thump NCC 9-1 Monday – Senior Day
May 3rd – BBHS 5, Pendleton County 2
Mustangs rally from behind on second straight day to complete season two-game sweep of Pendleton County, downing the Wildcats 5-2 between rain showers on Tuesday. Mitchell Combs started, went 5 complete, allowing two runs, giving up 5 hits, did not strike out a batter, and walked two. His brother, Colin Combs closed out the game without allowing a hit in two stanzas. Andrew Beck responded favorably to the leadoff position, going 2-3, Brandon Bezold was 2-2 with a RBI and 2 runs scored, while Adam Bezold went 2-3 with the go-ahead two run double, that plated 2 Mustangs and he scored a run. The Mustangs will be idle on Wednesday and head to Walton on Thursday, as we start a very challenging stretch run of the 2022 season.
Coming into Tuesday’s Pendleton County game, Evan Moore is our leading hitter with a .414 batting average with 7 Home Runs and 42 RBIs. Colin Combs is hitting .295 with 5 Round-Trippers. Mitchell Combs bats .353 with a pair of home runs, including Monday’s walk-off game winner. Ryan Ebert is hitting .328, and Andrew Beck .323 to round out our .300 and above hitters.
May 5TH – Walton-Verona 6, BBHS 5
Mustangs Hard Luck Losers To Walton-Verona 6-5, Victimized by a Bearcat Walk-off Home Run in bottom of the 7th. We led 4-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning, when the Bearcats erupted for 4 runs that gave them a 5-4 advantage. We tied things up in the top of the 7th, but a no-out home run in the home half gave Walton the 6-5 win.
Brossart outhit the Bearcats 10-7 which included our “Big Bopper” – Adam Bezold hitting his third home run in the Mustang sixth completing a 2 for 3 day at the plate. On the day, Andrew Beck, who was the pitcher of record, was 2 for 4 with a pair of RBIs. Evan Moore was 2 for 3, and Logan Meyer went 2 for 3 with a ribbie, Ryan Ebert and Evan Moore both doubled. Charles Hartig was our starting pitcher allowing only one unearned run in two innings of work. It is good to see Jackson Dietz, who has been on the IL , return to action, giving the Mustangs 3 and 1/3 good innings on the mound. Andrew Beck gave up the game-winner to take the loss. Three Mustangs fielding errors contributed to our demise while Walton played error free baseball. With the loss the Mustangs fall to 15-11-1, and will await Campbell County on Saturday in a 1:30pm Derby Day bout in Claryville Heights that will determine the 38th District Top Seed. STORY REPRINTED BELOW
