Chacon homers twice; Broncbusters roll Miles in game two

By Mike Pilosof

Garden City, KS-The Broncbusters served up a little payback in game two on Sunday.

Nya Chacon smashed two home runs, and Tara Reid tossed a complete-game shutout as Garden City blasted Miles 16-0 in five innings at Tangeman. With the win, the brown and gold improved to 4-6 overall heading into Monday's series finale.

After getting run-ruled in game one, the Broncbusters came out with a sense of purpose in the second contest. They scored four runs in the first; then exploded for 11 in the second. And they did all of that destruction on just eight hits, clubbing three long balls while taking advantage of three Pioneer errors.

Following Lacey Kearsley's RBI single in the first, Chacon ripped a line-drive bomb over the fence in left-a two-run homer that put the Broncbusters up 4-0.

That was the prelude to the offensive avalanche in the second that was fueled by Kearsley and Alexis Maestretti, who each stroked a pair of two-run doubles, McKayla Encinias parked a 3-2 rise ball over the left-field wall for a grand slam, and Garden City blew the game open, 15-0. An inning later, Chacon capped off the scoring with a solo homer to straight-away center, putting the finishing touches on an offensive masterpiece.

The freshman shortstop finished 2-for-2 at the plate with three RBI, and Encinias knocked in five for the Broncbusters.