The Bryant Hornets were unusually shaky on defense early in Friday’s first-round game of the Robinson Invitational Tournament held at Bryant High School Field.
Two errors on either side of a single by Dawson Hebert of the DeRidder, La., Dragons had the bases loaded with no one out in the top of the first.
But right-hander Turner Seelinger took his frustrations out of the Dragon’s hitters by striking out the side, leaving the bases loaded.
In the bottom of the first, the first three Hornets’ batters reached base when Ryan Riggs walked, Noah Davis blooped a single to right and Austin Ledbetter shot a single to left to make it 1-0.
Then, Hebert, DeRidder’s starter on the mound, struck out the side.
Riggs wound up in the middle of all three of Bryant’s scoring innings and, after giving up an unearned run in the top of the second, Seelinger then Gideon Motes in relief, shackled the Dragons as the Hornets went on to a 6-2 win to improve to 12-1 on the season, going into an evening contest against Lake Hamilton.
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