Rockets soar past Boyd in twin bill
Boyd Christian?s high school baseball team couldn?t catch up with the state runner-up Monday at Edley Newman Field.
Taking on the Forrest Rockets for a district doubleheader, the Broncos were swept by last year?s second-place finisher, losing the opening game 12-0 and the finale 15-1.
Casey Myers made his first varsity start in Monday?s Game 1, after sitting out a year following his transfer to Boyd. Hit batsmen, walks and errors made his first outing a short one, however, as he allowed seven runs in the third after pitching two shutout innings.
Only one of the runs charged to the Bronco righty was earned, as the Rockets sent 11 batters to the plate in the third, collecting two hits and taking advantage of two hit batters, three bases-on-balls and two costly errors.
Forrest added another pair of runs in the fourth on an RBI triple by Colin Henson and a throwing error, and Seth Brothers belted a three-run homer with two out in the fifth to put the Rockets ahead by the margin they would need to invoke the 10-run mercy rule.
Boyd was held to just one hit against Rocket starter Jacob Davis, as Dylan Fernandez singled in the third before being picked off first base.
Game 2 saw Forrest start quickly, getting to Tyler Hillis for four runs in the first on a pair of hits, two walks, a hit batter and an error. They added four more runs in the second inning on RBI hits by Henson and Kristian Alberran.
Lucas Majors came on in relief in the third, and gave up four more runs, with two Rockets scoring on wild pitches, another coming home on a passed ball and another taking home on a double steal.
In the fourth, Forrest went up by double digits, plating three runs, including two on a double by Brian Whitley, who later scored on a Brothers sacrifice fly.
Pinch-hitter David Watson allowed Boyd to avoid a shutout in the second game, singling home Majors in the top half of the fifth.
Watson, Mitchell Young and Majors had the Broncos? only hits in the second game.
Boyd was scheduled to travel to Whitwell on Tuesday, and is set to begin its district tournament later this week.