Garden City destroys NW Tech in series opener
By Mike Pilosof
Garden City, KS-Newsflash to the rest of the Jayhawk Conference: Nya Chacon is pretty good.
The freshman collected three hits including her league-leading ninth homer of the season, Tara Reid was masterful in the circle, allowing just one hit over five innings, and Garden City obliterated Northwest Tech 20-2 Thursday afternoon at Tangeman Sports Complex.
The Broncbusters rocked Mavericks starter Makenna Goodard, tagging her for 12 runs on 10 hits in 2.2 innings. She surrendered 19 hits and two homers before exiting with two outs in the third.
Carley Powley's RBI single and Lacey Kearsley's run-scoring double in the 1st put Garden City ahead 2-0. An inning later, McKalya Encinias added a sacrifice fly, Chacon mashed a two-run homer in the third, which was followed by Alexis Maestretti's fifth long ball of the season-a three-run moon shot to left that gave Garden City a 12-0 edge.
They didn't stop there.
Arianna Griego provided a pinch-hit RBI base hit in the 4th and Maestretti chipped in a run-scoring single, igniting an eight-run inning that put the game away.
Northwest Tech's only semblance of life came in the 5th when Mackenzie Ermis provided the Mavericks with their only hit: a solo home run to right. But other than that blemish, Reid was overpowering.
Maestretti drove in five runs and was 3-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored for Garden City. Chacon finished 3-for-3 with two knocked in.