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Brophy Posts 15-0 Win over  Hamilton in AIA 6A Second Round

The Brophy baseball team posted a 15-0 win over No. 7 Hamilton at Tempe Diablo Stadium in the second round of the AIA 6A Conference playoffs. The Broncos advance to Round 3A on Saturday at Tempe Diablo Stadium.

Five players had two hits and scored two or more runs. After plating one in the first inning, Brophy broke the game open in the second. After loading the bases and adding one on a hit-by-pitch, senior Jack Ohman had a bases-clearing triple to extend the lead to 5-0.  Willie Cornejo-Farmer then singled to score Ohman. George Smith had the second triple of the inning, scoring Cornejo-Farmer and Jonah Castle, who provided the final hit to score Smith, as Brophy led 8-0. 

Ohman (2-2)  allowed three hits over five innings with five strikeouts and two walks.

Brophy added four in the third and three in the fourth to finish with 15 runs on 11 hits. The Broncos have now out-scored their opponents 22-0 in the playoffs. 

Cornejo Farner finished 2-for-4 with three RBI, while Meissner had two hits and four RBI aided by his fourth home run in the fourth inning.

Brophy is now 23-5 overall. The 23 wins are the most since winning 24 in 2012. The win is the first time Brophy has won three in a row over Hamilton since 2012-13.

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