CUBETTES SPLIT DAY TWO OF THE LEADOFF CLASSIC WITH TWO NAILBITERS

The Brenham Cubette Softball Team (3-2) split the second day of the Leadoff Classic at Alumni Field with a 2-1 win over San Antonio Johnson and a 5-4 loss to Buda Johnson, both of whom are 6A schools.

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Johnson jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on the Cubettes in the top of the first inning. Brenham would counter with a run of their own in the bottom of the first. Avery Maurer led it off with a double to left field. She later scored on an opposite-field single by Harper Castillo to tie the game at 1-1.

After that, the pitchers took over and started posting zeroes on the scoreboard. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Avery Maurer broke the tie with a solo home run over the left field fence to give Brenham a 2-1 lead.

Kylie Baker got the win in relief going 3 1/3 hitless and scoreless innings. She also didn't allow a walk, and struck out eight batters.

HITTING

Avery Maurer 2-3 double, solo homer, two runs, RBI

Harper Castillo 1-3 single, RBI

McKenzie Tiemann 1-3 single

Kinley Antkowiak 1-2 single

PITCHING

Laityn Davis 3 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

WP Kylie Baker 3 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K

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The Lady Jaguars jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on a three-run homer by Aubrey Tierjerna off of Kylie Baker in the top of the first.

After the rough first inning, Laityn Davis came on in relief of the starter Baker. Davis allowed two more runs to give Buda Johnson a 5-0 lead. She, then, settled in and managed to shut down their offense the rest of the game.

Brenham was held scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning, when they began to claw their way back into it.

Kyla Garcia and Davis drew back to back walks to lead off the inning. Aldyn Jaks followed with a single to left field to score Garcia. Davis later came home on a passed ball to cut the Johnson advantage down to 5-2. Later in the inning, Kinley Antkowiak walked, and then scored on an RBI double by Avery Maurer to make it 5-3.

Brenham had one more chance in the bottom of the fifth inning. McKenzie Tiemann led it off with a double, and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Davis, which cut the Johnson lead to 5-4.

However, that would be as close as it would get as the tournament time limit had expired.

HITTING

Avery Maurer 1-3 double, RBI

McKenzie Tiemann 1-3 double, run

Sarah Mabie 1-2 single, walk

Kyla Garcia 1-2 single, walk, run

Aldyn Jaks 1-2 single, RBI

PITCHING

LP Kylie Baker 1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Laityn Davis 4 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

The Leadoff Classic continues tomorrow (Saturday) at Alumni Field. The Cubettes are scheduled to play Huffman Hargrave at 2pm, and New Caney Porter at 4pm. KWHI will have live coverage of both games beginning with the pregame show at 1:35pm.