The Broncos turned in a gritty performance this weekend in Moscow, Idaho taking a tough win from Eastern Washington in a 3-2 game that went into extra innings. Mark McElroy pitched a strong complete game again. His 7 wins this year leads the conference and a possible place on the all conference team. John Albi started the 9th inning with a double, advanced on a pass ball and was knocked in by Cooper Thomas. Game 2 of the evening against the Idaho Vandals was a team effort as Cooper, Grant, Gary and Mark each had 2 hits in the 7-4 victory. Kyler Knieriem had 9 strikeouts to keep the Vandals off balance in a complete game win. Game 3 for the weekend on Sunday morning was a blowout for the Broncos. Carson Wooten had plenty of run support in his complete game win. The Broncos sent 55 guys to the plate, scoring 20 runs on 19 hits. Trever Freese was the standout at the plate as he went 5-5 and a walk. 5 other Broncos had a multiple hit game. I think the Vandals were just trying to wear us out by running the bases, and boy did we pour it on in the 20-3 win.
Game 4 (32 innings) in less than 24 hours was just to much for our battle ridden, injured group of 11 guys. The Vandals squeak out a 5-4 victory. Great season Broncos! Special thanks to the Coaches – Dave, Ben and Clay. And to Vick for keeping score.