The Brazos Valley Bombers' Geoff Lomax swings against the East Texas Pumpjacks Saturday. The Bombers won the game 8-3.

Bombers bursting in air

The Brazos Valley Bombers split the July 4 series with East Texas 1-1

By: Brett Sebastian

Posted: 7/6/09

The Brazos Valley Bombers split this weekend's series with the East Texas Pumpjacks 1-1. East Texas took home a 13-9 win Friday and Brazos Valley won 8-3 on Saturday.

Friday's game saw the Bombers jump out to an early 6-1 lead over East Texas in the first inning with Aggies Nick Anders and Brett Parsons along with Sam Houston State's John Hale scoring runs. Texarkana College's Joaquin Hinijosa scored a run in the second then hit a two-run homer in the third.

East Texas responded with eight runs over the fourth and fifth innings to pass the Bombers 9-6.

Hinijosa and Missouri's Andre Rodriguez scored in the eighth to help close the gap, but East Texas went on a hitting spree, bringing in four more runs in the ninth. Despite the Bombers scoring a run, East Texas came out with the 13-9 win before the record-breaking crowd.

On Saturday the Bombers returned the favor, taking a 4-1 lead in the second inning thanks to scores by Hinijosa, Northeast Texas Community College's Wes Schill, Arkansas' Kyle Atkins and Tennessee-Martin's Drew Mason. The Bombers would expand their lead slowly through the night before sealing the 8-3 win. Every Bomber in the lineup had a hit Saturday as the team had a season-high 14 hits. Hinijosa had three hits, four runs and two RBIs. His home run gives him two for the season, which leads the Bombers and is second in the league.

Texas State's Michael Pitts pitched eight innings, striking out eight batters to secure his 3-1 win and the Bombers' 12th to put them 12-9 on the season and third in the standings.