BRENHAM CUBS DROP A PAIR OF GAMES AT LOUISIANA TOURNAMENT
The Brenham Cub Baseball Team dropped a pair of games yesterday (Friday) at the Barbe-Sulphur Tournament in Louisiana.
In the first game of the day, the Cubs lost to the Dutchtown Griffins 10-3. Brenham got on the scoreboard in the second inning with a pair of runs. Owen Finke and Bleu Cienega reached on back-to-back singles. Three batters later, Nate Rau would bring them home on a two-run double, which put the Cubs up 2-0.
Brenham tacked on another run in the top of the third inning. Dalton Hart led it off with a walk, stole second, and stole third. Then, Finke brought him home with an RBI single to put the Cubs up 3-0.
Dutchtown came back with four runs in the bottom of the third inning off of starting pitcher Kyle Curtis to take a 4-3 lead.
The score remained the same until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Griffins came up with six more runs. Errors played a factor in the extra runs for Dutchtown, who increased their lead to 10-3.
Brenham had one more chance in the top of the seventh inning, but they went three up and three down.
HITTING
Owen Finke 2-3 two singles, run, RBI
Nate Rau 1-3 double, two RBIs
Bleu Cienega 1-3 single, run
Evan Aschenbeck 1-3 single
Landry Mendoza 1-3 single
PITCHING
LP Kyle Curtis 5 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Jaseton Bolcerek 1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
In the second game, Brenham lost to Concordia Lutheran 6-0. Concordia Pitcher Ethan Rivers pitched a complete game shutout going seven innings, allowing two hits, three walks, and striking out ten.
Dalton Hart had the only two hits for the Cubs with a single and a double.
Concordia scored once in the second, twice in the third, twice in the fourth and once in the fifth inning.
HITTING
Dalton Hart 2-3 single, double
PITCHING
Hudson Hartstack 4 1/3 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Cooper Plagens 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
The Cubs (1-3) will play two more games today (Saturday) at the tournament. They will face Pearl River Central at 10am, 9:35am pregame on KWHI. Brenham will wrap it up at 1pm against Barbe, 12:35pm pregame on KWHI.