Brashear at Linn County for Baseball/Softball August 26, 2011

The Tigers and Mustangs split a pair of Tri-County Conference games.

In the softball game, both teams had a hard time getting anything going in the early innings, but Linn County managed a couple of runs in the 3rd and another pair in the 5th to lead 4-0. Brashear rallied in the 6th for 4 runs, then added 3 more in the 7th to win 7-4. Meredith Thomas had 2 hits for Brashear with Shelby Salter, Katie Watson, and Katie Smith also having hits. Hayes, Ward, Wilson, Grismore, and Hoskins had hits for Linn County. Cierra Hines struck out 9 in picking up the win for Brashear, Ward took the loss for Linn County striking out 4.

The Brashear Tiger baseball team struck for a run in the top of the first as Nick Bradshaw doubled, Hayden Housman singled, and Nick Thomas brought Bradshaw home on a sacrifice fly. The Mustangs responded with a run in the bottom of the 1st, then added 3 more in the 3rd. Brashear tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the 5th, but Linn County pushed across 2 in the 5th and 4 in the 6th to claim a 10-4 victory. For Brashear, , Nick Bradshaw and Hayden Housman had 3 hits each, with Joe Clarkson, Curtis Blakely, Gabe Thomas, Sam Smith, and Chance Hill having hits. For Linn County, Harvey, Bookout, Allen, Woodside, and Wood had hits. Nick Thomas took the loss with Hayden Housman pitching in relief. Belzer and Allen pitched for Linn County.