CUB BASEBALL WINS TWO AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI TOURNAMENT

Doug Brown February 28, 2026

The Brenham Cub Baseball Team picked up a pair of wins on Day Two of the Corpus Christi Tournament. The Cubs won the first game of the day 5-1 over Cedar Park.

Brenham got on the board in the bottom of the first inning as Owen Finke reached on an error, and came home to score on a sacrifice fly by Luke Hardy to make it 1-0.

The Cubs added to their lead with four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Brody Tucker reached on a one-out single, and Caleb Maurer came in as a courtesy runner. Bleu Cienega singled and Brayden Steele was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Finke laid down a suicide squeeze to score Maurer from third. Cienega later scored on a wild pitch, and then Drake Bentke slugged a two-run double to score Steele and Finke, which gave Brenham a 5-0 advantage.

Cedar Park did get one run in the top of the seventh, but that would be it. The Cubs held on for the victory. Brayden Steele went all seven innings to get the victory. He allowed only one earned run, three hits, two walks, and struck out six.

HITTING

Owen Finke 2-4 two singles, two runs, RBI

Drake Bentke 2-2 single, double, walk, two RBIs

Brody Tucker 2-3 single, double

Bleu Cienega 1-3 single, run

Ethan Aschenbeck 1-3 single

PITCHING

WP Brayden Steele 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

The Cubs' offense exploded in the second game as they defeated Harlingen 18-1 in a game that last only four innings.

Brenham got it going early with nine runs in the first inning. Dalton Hart led it off with a single, and Owen Finke walked. Drake Bentke followed with a two-run single that scored them both. Ethan Aschenbeck was up next and hit an RBI double that brought home Bentke. Luke Hardy singled home Aschenbeck, and Hudson Hartstack singled home Hardy to give the Cubs an early 5-0 lead.

Jack Rogas was hit by a pitch, and Caleb Maurer was brought in the game to courtesy run for him. Hart singled home Hartstack, and then Finke unloaded a three-run homer, which put Brenham ahead 9-0.

The Cubs followed that up with eight runs in the second inning. Brooks Roznovsky led off the inning with a double. Luke Hardy reached after getting hit by a pitch. Nate Rau slugged a double that brought home Roznovsky. Harstack brought in Hardy on a sacrifice fly. Rau scored on a passed ball. Jack Rogas, Dalton Hart, and Caleb Maurer drew three straight walks. Cooper Hodde doubled home Kyle Curtis (who ran for Rogas), and Hart. Roznosvky singled home Maurer, and later scored a run of his own on a passed ball, which made it 17-0 Brenham.

The Cubs added one more run in the bottom of the third. Jack Reyes walked, and later came home to score when Cooper Hodde was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Harlingen got their lone run in the top of the fourth to make it 18-1, which was also the final.

HITTING

Dalton Hart 3-3 three singles, walk, three runs, RBI

Brooks Roznovsky 2-3 single, double, two runs, RBI

Owen Finke 1-1 homer, walk, two runs, three RBIs

Cooper Hodde 1-2 double, run, three RBIs

Drake Bentke 1-1 single, run, two RBIs

Luke Hardy 1-1 single, two walks, two runs, RBI

Hudson Hartstack 1-2 single, run, two RBIs

Nate Rau 1-2 double, run, RBI

Ethan Aschenbeck 1-1 single, run

Jack Reyes 1-3 single, run