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Broncbusters drop game two to Blinn

Galveston, TX-Following their season-opening win over Alvin, the Broncbuster offense came to a sreetching halt in Friday's finale.  

Garden City was limited to just four hits, Alyssa Voozy drove in two runs, and Blinn blanked the Broncbusters 8-0 at the Island Invitational. It was veteran coach Rick Church's 908th career victory. 

Amy Schmeckpeper's team, which scored 11 runs in game one, couldn't get anything going in this one. Lacey Kearsley's single in the first and double in the fourth, Keely Porter's base hit in the fourth, and Savanna Griebling's two-out knock in the fifth are all Garden City could muster against Buccaneer starter, Peyton Walker, who mixed in an impressive arsenal of breaking stuff and rise balls to the tune of eight strikeouts. She threw just 87 pitches in a five-inning gem. 

Despite their offensive struggles, Garden City had base runners in every inning but the third when Walker fanned Jesykah Foster and Griebling before getting Shiloh Johnson to fly out to center. But in the end, the Broncbusters stranded five on bae and finished 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. 

After Blinn scored two in the first, Garden City starter Alexis Garcia retired the Buccaneers in order in the second. But she ran into trouble in the third yielding a leadoff double to nine-hole hitter Shae Fontenot. Two batters later, Alayna Calvillo's RBI groundout made it 3-0. An inning later, Garcia surrendered a two-run double to Madison Dorrow. Blinn then put the game away in the fifth with three straight singles including Voozy's RBI knock and Caitlyn Stevens' game-clinching single up the middle. 

Garcia, who went 4-4 in the circle as a freshman, gave up six earned runs on seven hits in four innings for Garden City, which dropped to 1-1. Maggie Geise faced one batter in the fifth. 

Kristynik and Stevens combined to go 4-for-5 in the middle of the order for Blinn, who completed an opening-day sweep in which they outscored Garden City and Howard a combined 22-0.  

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