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Mustang AAA squad splits twin bill with Chickasha
Mustang enjoying days of summer
Brendan Hoover
The Mustang Broncos AAA baseball team is feeling good after getting off to a fast start on their 2007 summer season.
The Broncos won five out of their first six game to open the summer schedule, dropping a 9-3 decision to Chickasha in the opener of a home doubleheader Saturday after reeling off five straight victories beginning last Monday with a 14-3 vanquishing of McGuinness.
The Broncos bounced back with a vengeance in the second game of the weekend series, scoring nine runs in the first and four in the second on the way to a 15-6 spanking of the Fighting Chicks.
The Broncos also swept doubleheaders with Edmond Memorial and Norman North last week.
Mustang coach Tony Evans said he is happy with the team’s strong start.
“We’re 6-1 right now, and other than the first game Saturday, we’ve really been playing well. We came out a little flat in the first game and got down 7-0, had a chance to get back into it, but made some base running mistakes that hurt us. But overall, we’re looking at positions for the varsity baseball next year, and that’s what the summer is all about. Hopefully we’ll continue like this all summer,” he said.
Evans said that the Mustang summer program is made up of teams of incoming eighth graders, freshman, juniors, and the AAA squad, and is a good way to evaluate talent for the upcoming regular season.
“The summertime really determines where the kids are going to start. There’s always kids that will come up and surprise you during school ball, but this gives us a pretty good place to start the kids at a certain level,” he said.
Evans said pitching and hitting are strengths of the Broncos AAA team.
“We’ve got really good pitching so far this season, even kids that really haven’t got to pitch much have really come up and done a good job. And we’re scoring just a ton of runs. So we just need a little work on defense and base running, and that comes with practice time. The thing with summer ball is we don’t get much practice time,” he said.
The Broncos’ offensive prowess was evident in the second game on Saturday. The Broncos scored nine runs in the first inning of a five-inning run-rule victory against Chickasha, including a towering grand slam to left by second baseman Cody Lacy. Lacy walked twice in his next two at bats, going 1-2 on the day with four RBI.
Justin Piatt, playing center field, went 2-3 for the game, with a single, double, and three RBI. Designated hitter David Glidden, who at 14 is about three years younger than anyone else on the team, went 2-2 with two RBI.
Glidden’s big brother, Dylan, went 1-2 with a double. Third baseman Zac McDonald went 2-3 with two singles.
Starting pitcher Blaine Denny picked up the victory for Mustang, going two and one-third innings, giving up six runs on four hits, striking out three, walking three and hitting two batsmen. Jake Byers came on in relief in the top of the third, going one and two-thirds innings, giving up no runs and only one hit. Piatt pitched the fifth, giving up only one hit.
In the first game on Saturday, Chickasha broke open a 3-0 game in the top of the fourth by scoring four runs. Mustang scored three in the bottom of the fifth, but the Fighting Chicks tacked on two in the seventh to come away with a 9-3 win.
Mustang banged out six hits in the contest but committed four errors. Chickasha put up nine hits and two errors.
Chickasha’s Chance Snead picked up the win, and Mustang’s Eric Partin took the loss.
At the plate, Mustang’s bright spots were Garrett McGlaughlin, who hit a double to left, and Dylan Glidden, who went 2-2 with two singles and a walk.
The Broncos were scheduled to play a doubleheader at Putnam City West last night after press time.
Up next for the team is a home series with PC West today, followed by a doubleheader at home with Stillwater on Monday.
Mustang AAA squad splits twin bill with Chickasha
Mustang enjoying days of summer
Brendan Hoover
The Mustang Broncos AAA baseball team is feeling good after getting off to a fast start on their 2007 summer season.
The Broncos won five out of their first six game to open the summer schedule, dropping a 9-3 decision to Chickasha in the opener of a home doubleheader Saturday after reeling off five straight victories beginning last Monday with a 14-3 vanquishing of McGuinness.
The Broncos bounced back with a vengeance in the second game of the weekend series, scoring nine runs in the first and four in the second on the way to a 15-6 spanking of the Fighting Chicks.
The Broncos also swept doubleheaders with Edmond Memorial and Norman North last week.
Mustang coach Tony Evans said he is happy with the team’s strong start.
“We’re 6-1 right now, and other than the first game Saturday, we’ve really been playing well. We came out a little flat in the first game and got down 7-0, had a chance to get back into it, but made some base running mistakes that hurt us. But overall, we’re looking at positions for the varsity baseball next year, and that’s what the summer is all about. Hopefully we’ll continue like this all summer,” he said.
Evans said that the Mustang summer program is made up of teams of incoming eighth graders, freshman, juniors, and the AAA squad, and is a good way to evaluate talent for the upcoming regular season.
“The summertime really determines where the kids are going to start. There’s always kids that will come up and surprise you during school ball, but this gives us a pretty good place to start the kids at a certain level,” he said.
Evans said pitching and hitting are strengths of the Broncos AAA team.
“We’ve got really good pitching so far this season, even kids that really haven’t got to pitch much have really come up and done a good job. And we’re scoring just a ton of runs. So we just need a little work on defense and base running, and that comes with practice time. The thing with summer ball is we don’t get much practice time,” he said.
The Broncos’ offensive prowess was evident in the second game on Saturday. The Broncos scored nine runs in the first inning of a five-inning run-rule victory against Chickasha, including a towering grand slam to left by second baseman Cody Lacy. Lacy walked twice in his next two at bats, going 1-2 on the day with four RBI.
Justin Piatt, playing center field, went 2-3 for the game, with a single, double, and three RBI. Designated hitter David Glidden, who at 14 is about three years younger than anyone else on the team, went 2-2 with two RBI.
Glidden’s big brother, Dylan, went 1-2 with a double. Third baseman Zac McDonald went 2-3 with two singles.
Starting pitcher Blaine Denny picked up the victory for Mustang, going two and one-third innings, giving up six runs on four hits, striking out three, walking three and hitting two batsmen. Jake Byers came on in relief in the top of the third, going one and two-thirds innings, giving up no runs and only one hit. Piatt pitched the fifth, giving up only one hit.
In the first game on Saturday, Chickasha broke open a 3-0 game in the top of the fourth by scoring four runs. Mustang scored three in the bottom of the fifth, but the Fighting Chicks tacked on two in the seventh to come away with a 9-3 win.
Mustang banged out six hits in the contest but committed four errors. Chickasha put up nine hits and two errors.
Chickasha’s Chance Snead picked up the win, and Mustang’s Eric Partin took the loss.
At the plate, Mustang’s bright spots were Garrett McGlaughlin, who hit a double to left, and Dylan Glidden, who went 2-2 with two singles and a walk.
The Broncos were scheduled to play a doubleheader at Putnam City West last night after press time.
Up next for the team is a home series with PC West today, followed by a doubleheader at home with Stillwater on Monday.
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