Austin Weirdos Rout Colorado Springs SnowSox 25-12

June 26 2022 The Austin Weirdos defeated the Colorado Springs SnowSox 25-12 at Parque Zaragoza, collecting 23 hits while committing no errors. Colorado Springs finished with 11 hits and three errors in the high-scoring contest.

Austin took an early 6-2 lead after two innings, then broke the game open with a nine-run sixth inning and added eight runs in the eighth. Colorado Springs scored six times in the third and three times in the fourth, but could not overcome Austin’s offensive surge.

Gabriel Murillo led the Weirdos with three hits, including a home run, and six RBI. Markus Bracey also went 3-for-6 with a home run and six RBI, while Tevin Brown had three hits and four RBI. Jordan Blackmon scored four runs, drew three walks and added two hits, a triple and two RBI. Colorado Springs’ Taichi Nakamaura went 3-for-4 with a triple, three runs and three RBI, and Carlo Francisco collected three hits with a double.

Bracey earned the win and save after allowing five hits and four runs, three earned, over six innings. He struck out seven and walked three. Dylan Farinacci took the loss for Colorado Springs after surrendering six runs on six hits in two innings. Austin’s Jeff Rotz and Reese Gilmore also pitched in the victory.