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BASEBALL

 

A Perfect Ending for the Brazoswood Buccaneers:

Brazoswood wins Class 5A State Baseball Title

 

Courtesy of the Austin-American Statesman       Saturday June 11, 2011

 

THE DELL DIAMOND ROUND ROCK, TX — The Brazoswood Buccaneers got things done in the bottom of the sixth inning this weekend.

 

A day after a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth gave them the lead in a state semifinal, the Buccaneers scored five sixth-inning insurance runs in a 10-3 victory over Lubbock Coronado at Dell Diamond. The championship win gives Head Coach Bobby Williams and Brazoswood (34-8), the 2011 Class 5A title and first since 1992. Brazoswood now has three State Championships under its belt.

 

Brazoswood remained perfect at 12-0 throughout the playoffs in 2011 and ace pitcher Brandon Bergen closed out his season at a perfect 16-0.

 

"It's really important to us," Brazoswood junior third baseman Dalton Perry said.

"The last couple of years we've been really close to getting to state and it's just great to bring it home."

 

Much like it did when William Easter homered in Friday's 4-3 win over Klein, Brazoswood secured Saturday's win in the sixth inning. The Buccaneers went into the sixth with a 5-3 lead, and with two outs, the top of the Brazoswood batting order rallied against reliever Paxton Bartley.  John Ermis drew a walk, James Cantu doubled and Perry's two-run single chased Bartley from the game.

 

Coronado senior Steven Parker entered but was pulled after hitting a batter and giving up a two-run single.

 

Bryson Mitchell, the final pitcher for Coronado (33-16), gave up back-to-back singles before getting an inning-ending groundout.

 

Brazoswood sent 10 hitters to the plate in the sixth and scored five times.

 

"It gave us a lot more breathing room ," Perry said.

 

Brazoswood shortstop William Renner went 3 for 3 with four RBIs and two runs scored to earn MVP honors. The Buccaneers also got a boost from their bullpen.

 

Junior Justin Dellinger inherited a bases-loaded jam with two outs in the fourth inning and retired the first six batters he faced.

 

Brandon Bergen, who pitched seven innings Friday, relieved Dellinger with two on and one out in the seventh and got a flyout and a strikeout to end the game.

 

"We have a lot of depth," said Dellinger, who twice retired Coronado cleanup hitter Blake Bass, a Texas Tech signee . "We can keep throwing another good pitcher (who is) just as good as the last one.

 

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Starting Pitcher (Bwood)- Bobby Franklin (yielded 3 runs in 3 2/3 innings)

Reliever (Bwood)- Justin Dellinger (yielded 1 hit in 2 2/3 innings)

Closing Pitcher (Bwood)- Brandon Bergen, 16-0

 

WP- Justin Dellinger, 4-0

LP- O' Neill, 6-3

Highlights: Bwood: Perry 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI. Renner 3-3, 2 R, 4 RBI. Easter 3-4, RBI. Cantu 2-4, 3 R, SB.

Coronado: Johnson 1-3, R, 2B, RBI.

 

Records:

Brazoswood: 34-8

Lubbock Coronado: 33-16

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