Brashear Hosts Bucklin for Baseball/Softball September 18, 2007

The Tigers swept a pair of games from the Bulldogs Tuesday night.

As they say, all it takes is 1 run, but the Lady Tigers had to wait until the bottom of the 3rd to get on the scoreboard. After a slow start offensively, Brashear started to make some noise in the 2nd when Sydney Slavin ripped a 2-out triple to left field only to be stranded there. Things looked better in the 3rd when Tabitha Killen drew a 1-out walk. Carmen Woods bunted for a hit, then Jessi Hill singled driving in Killen. Abby McKim grounded out driving in Woods and Christina Scudder followed with an rbi single driving in Hill to give Brashear a 3-0 lead. Brashear added 3 more in the 4th and 4 more runs in the 5th. Carmen Woods, Jessi Hill, and Tabitha Killen each had a pair of hits, Sydney Slavin had a triple, and Christina Scudder singled. Meanwhile, Scudder went to work on the mound retiring the 1st 9 batters in order. After surrendering a leadoff walk in the top of the 4th, Scudder retired the remaining 6 batters in order picking up the win while fanning 12. Brashear is now 7-2 and 6-0 in the Tri-County Conference.

The Tigers got a bit of a scare in the top of the first as Bucklin scored twice on an error and a home run. Brashear came roaring back in the bottom of the 1st plating 9 runs of their own after Matt Thomas lead off with a triple. Consecutive 2-out walks to Jacob Shipman, Kody Hayden, Michael McKim, Kale Watson, and Cody Snelling put the Tigers in business. Ryan Ferdig reached on an error, Matt Thomas was hit by a pitch, Justin Hazen also reached on an error, then Kiley Watson cleared the bases with a double. Brashear kept up the scoring in the 2nd when Michael McKim ripped a solo homer. Justin Hazen added another home run in the 3-run 5th and Brashear picked up another pair of runs in the 6th to end the game early by a score of 15-5. Kiley Watson had a pair of hits, and Matt Thomas, Justin Hazen, Koty Hayden, Michael McKim, Cody Snelling, Ryan Ferdig, and Brandon Gordon all had hits. McKim and Hazen both homered. Matt Thomas got the start for the Tigers going 4 innings with 5 strikeouts and 4 hits. Michael McKim pitched two innings of relief striking out 3 and giving up 1 hit. Brashear is now 6-0 on the season.