Broncos hit the field: Boyd baseball drops first game
Monday Boyd Christian hit the field for the team’s first baseball game of the year, taking on Westmoreland at the McMinnville Civic Center Complex.
This was the Broncos’ first baseball game in two years, but the celebration of baseball’s return to Boyd was short-lived with the Broncos falling 9-1.
Boyd’s Sam Medley took the mound and shut Westmoreland down in the top of the first. In the bottom of the first Boyd got back-to-back hits with two outs from Kenneth King and Sam Medley. Westmoreland walked the next batter to load the bases, and King went home on a wild pitch to give the Broncos an early lead, 1-0.
Westmoreland picked up a hit in the second inning, and the runner stole second to put him in scoring position. Boyd committed an error on a throw from third, which allowed Westmoreland to score and tie the game 1-1.
Westmoreland led off with a triple in the fourth and scored the runner on a sacrifice fly to make it 2-1. Boyd put one man on in the fourth but never could get the runner in scoring position. Westmoreland put two more runs across in the fifth, going up 4-1.
Boyd went quietly the next two endings while Westmoreland added another run in the sixth and four more runs in the seventh to take the win.
For Boyd, King, Sam Medley and Dillon Childers picked up one hit each. Boyd will play Watertown next Monday at home.