El Dorado Broncos righthanded pitcher Connor Sinclair continues to dominate his opponents from the mound as the Jayhawk League schedule winds down with the Dodge City Athletics his latest victim.
Sinclair threw six innings and gave up two runs to improve to 6-0 on the season as the Broncos beat the Athletics 8-2 in Thursday night action in the finale of a three-game series at McDonald Stadium.
The former Butler hurler gave up seven hits and one walk while striking out five in getting the decision. Sinclair's earned run average actually rose to 1.34 in the outing, but Dodge City (12-19, 6-15) couldn't get any consistent offense going.
The Broncos (19-15, 10-13) also took advantage of the wildness of Dodge City starting pitcher Chuy Francies and two third inning errors. The righthander gave up seven runs (four earned), six hits, three walks and seven wild pitches in 3 2/3 innings of work as El Dorado built a 7-2 lead after four innings.
Catcher Tyler Smith led the Broncos' charge with two hits, two runs batted in and a stolen base. Brian Fisher, Zach Noonan and Jacob White also had two hits for El Dorado, while Sam Bates also knocked in two runs.
Stephen Castiglione and Daniel Olinger had two hits apiece to lead Dodge City at the plate.
Dodge City got on the board in the top of the first inning when Castiglione walked, stole second and scored on a single by Brock Green.
The Broncos got three in the bottom of the first to take a lead they would not hand back. Elliot Frey opened up the frame with a home run over the leftfield fence; Brian Fisher singled and would later score on a wild pitch; and Zack Noonan was hit by a pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Smith.
The Athletics cut the deficit to one in the top of the third, but they had a huge chance to score more. Allen Riley and Castiglione singled and Green reached base on a fielding error to load the bases. Riley scored on a double play grounder by Trey Whaley and Jeremy Gum hit a weak grounder to end the threat.
El Dorado got the run back in the third when Kirk Walker singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a RBI single by Smith. The Broncos scored three more in the fourth with a lot of help from Dodge City's defense.
David Grellner should have been out on a grounder to open the inning, but a throwing error allowed him to go to second and would score on a RBI single by White. White stole second and went to third on a throwing error by Olinger and would score on a wild pitch. The final run of the inning for the Broncos came on a RBI single by Bates.
Bates also brought in the final run of the game with a RBI groundout in the sixth inning.
Cobey Guy pitched the final three innings to record his first save of the season for the Broncos.
The Broncos will be playing in the NBC Midwest Regional at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium this weekend with a second round matchup at 7 p.m. Saturday against either the Wichita Wheatkings or the Lindsborg Knights.
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El Dorado Broncos righthanded pitcher Connor Sinclair continues to dominate his opponents from the mound as the Jayhawk League schedule winds down with the Dodge City Athletics his latest victim.
Sinclair threw six innings and gave up two runs to improve to 6-0 on the season as the Broncos beat the Athletics 8-2 in Thursday night action in the finale of a three-game series at McDonald Stadium.
The former Butler hurler gave up seven hits and one walk while striking out five in getting the decision. Sinclair's earned run average actually rose to 1.34 in the outing, but Dodge City (12-19, 6-15) couldn't get any consistent offense going.
The Broncos (19-15, 10-13) also took advantage of the wildness of Dodge City starting pitcher Chuy Francies and two third inning errors. The righthander gave up seven runs (four earned), six hits, three walks and seven wild pitches in 3 2/3 innings of work as El Dorado built a 7-2 lead after four innings.
Catcher Tyler Smith led the Broncos' charge with two hits, two runs batted in and a stolen base. Brian Fisher, Zach Noonan and Jacob White also had two hits for El Dorado, while Sam Bates also knocked in two runs.
Stephen Castiglione and Daniel Olinger had two hits apiece to lead Dodge City at the plate.
Dodge City got on the board in the top of the first inning when Castiglione walked, stole second and scored on a single by Brock Green.
The Broncos got three in the bottom of the first to take a lead they would not hand back. Elliot Frey opened up the frame with a home run over the leftfield fence; Brian Fisher singled and would later score on a wild pitch; and Zack Noonan was hit by a pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Smith.
The Athletics cut the deficit to one in the top of the third, but they had a huge chance to score more. Allen Riley and Castiglione singled and Green reached base on a fielding error to load the bases. Riley scored on a double play grounder by Trey Whaley and Jeremy Gum hit a weak grounder to end the threat.
El Dorado got the run back in the third when Kirk Walker singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a RBI single by Smith. The Broncos scored three more in the fourth with a lot of help from Dodge City's defense.
David Grellner should have been out on a grounder to open the inning, but a throwing error allowed him to go to second and would score on a RBI single by White. White stole second and went to third on a throwing error by Olinger and would score on a wild pitch. The final run of the inning for the Broncos came on a RBI single by Bates.
Bates also brought in the final run of the game with a RBI groundout in the sixth inning.
Cobey Guy pitched the final three innings to record his first save of the season for the Broncos.
The Broncos will be playing in the NBC Midwest Regional at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium this weekend with a second round matchup at 7 p.m. Saturday against either the Wichita Wheatkings or the Lindsborg Knights.
