The No. 11 McLennan Highlanders and No. 4 Blinn Buccaneers split today's doubleheader in Brenham
Blinn took game one 3-2 with Devin Bennett taking the loss on the mound for the Highlanders.
Connor McGinnis' solo home run put the Buccaneers on the board in the bottom of the second inning.
Blinn added another run in bottom of the fifth. McGinnis singled to lead off the inning. Lane Allen and Brandon Bishop both walked, load the bases. Tanner Reaves also walked, scoring McGinnis.
McLennan tied the game in the top of the seventh. Sam Flores reached on an error, and Lucas Kelly followed with a pinch-hit two-run home run.
McGinnis picked up another solo home run for Blinn in the bottom of the eighth to give the Buccaneers the walk-off victory.
In the second game, the Highlanders got the 6-5 victory over the Buccaneers with Jonah Conradt getting the win on the mound.
McLennan took the early lead, scoring one run in the top of the first as Daniel Harden singled and scored on a double by Mac Rose.
Blinn took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the first. McGinnis drew lead-off walk and scored on Cade Climie's home run.
The Highlanders scored four runs in the third to retake the lead. Brecken Menuet lead off with a triple and scored on a sac fly by Harden. Rose was hit by the pitch, and Aidan Kuni walked. Deiten Lachance followed with a three-run homer.
The Buccaneers added two runs in the top of the of the third. McGinnis singled, Reaves walked, and Climie singled, loading the bases. Caden Ferraro then doubled to score McGinnis and Reaves.
McLennan put another run on the board in the sixth. Flores doubled and stole third. Menuet then singled to score Flores.
Blinn scored one in the bottom of the sixth. Bishop walked and Tavion Vaughns doubled. Bishop then came in to score on a balk.
Blinn 3, McLennan 2
McLennan 000 000 2 – 2 3 0
Blinn 010 010 x – 3 5 1
Stefan Stahl, Austin Ford (5), Alex Wallace (6), Devin Bennett (7) and Mac Rose.
Lucas Davenport, Caden Ferraro (6) and Jake Kolkhorst, Ethan Gonzalez (7).
WP: Ferraro; LP: Bennett. Leading hitters – McLennan: Lucas Kelly (1-1, HR, 2 RBI) Blinn: Connor McGinnis (3-3, 2 HR, 2 RBI) and Tanner Reaves (2-3, RBI). Record: McLennan 4-6.
McLennan 6, Blinn 5
McLennan 104 001 0 – 6 7 1
Blinn 202 001 0 – 5 6 0
Jonah Conradt, Kade Bing (3), Lucas Kelly (6) and Deiten Lachance. Caden Marcum, Paxton Terveen (4), Jake Kolkhorst (7) and Matt Whitting. WP: Conradt; LP: Marcum; SV: Kelly. Leading hitters – McLennan: Daniel Harden (1-3, RBI), Mac Rose (1-3, 2B, RBI), Deiten Lachance (1-4, HR, 3 RBI), Sam Flores (1-3, 2b) and Brecken Menuet (2-3, 3B, RBI); Blinn: Cade Climie (2-4, HR, 2 RBI), Coy DeFury (1-4, 2B), Caden Ferraro (1-2, 2B, 2 RBI) and Tavion Vaughns (1-1, 2B). Record: McLennan 5-6.
