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Broncos blanked
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Jace Brantley hits a shot to leftfield during action earlier this year. Brantley and the Broncos lost their second game on the road Friday night against Franklin North, falling to 6-3 on the season.
The Boyd Broncos baseball team, coming off a loss to Coffee County, was handed its third defeat of the season in a shutout, 4-0, to Franklin North on the road Friday night.The Broncos didn’t have enough support at the plate in this one, with four players getting the only hits. Isaiah Owens suffered the loss on mound and also led the Broncos in hitting, going 2-for-2 with two singles.Boyd started on the right foot, thanks to a single by Jalyn Mart. Boyd hit into a double play to end the top of the first, failing to gain momentum.Franklin North got to Owens early in the bottom of the inning, scoring three runs, courtesy of a two-run double and a sacrifice fly, 3-0.The Broncos needed to regroup and start scoring runs in the top of the second, but the bats went silent, as Boyd went down quickly.