Leave it to the Brentsville District baseball team to look at a four-run deficit late in a game and figuratively think, "That's all?"

In the most typical Tiger tradition, the BD boys (10-2 overall) came back from a 6-2 deficit April 9 against visiting Kettle Run (4-3) to score five runs in the bottom of the fourth and hold on to win 10-7.

"You've got to keep putting it on them," said Kettle Run coach Ty Thorpe after the game. "They can put up 12 runs in an inning."

With one out and two men on base, senior Brian McBride roped a 1-0 offering from KR pitcher Jimmy Bowman that curved around the third base bag and bounced once in the dirt before dribbling down the left field line to the corner of the outfield for a 2 RBI double that brought BD within one.

Mike Lennox then took a ball to the upper center-left side of his back with two outs to put runners at first and second for lefty Alex Klaasse. The junior clubbed a 1-0 pitch of his own to the right field fence on one bounce to score two runs and put Brentsville on top for the first time all game, 7-6.

The Tigers added an insurance run in the fifth and senior James Kerns sealed the deal for the Tigers by drilling a pitch from senior reliever Robbie Spinks into rightfield for a stand-up, RBI triple that scored Klaasse and classmate Ryan Douglas.

"It's just, we don't give up until the last pitch," said McBride, who's already committed to play in college for Longwood University.

McBride said he looked for a fastball and swung as hard as he could when it came his way.

"That was huge," said Brentsville manager Brian Knight. "We needed that."

What also helped the Brentsville offense is having a line up potent enough to deliver from the 1-9 spots, as evidenced by the number of runs scored outside of the top half of the lineup.

"It takes pressure of the top of the line up and it makes us better," said McBride.

Perhaps the most stunning feat of the game though came defensively. The senior Weaver threw at least 137 pitches -- tallies provided by Brentsville and Kettle Run varied -- in a complete game effort that included giving up four runs in the first inning and four hit batsmen.

Though Weaver said he would "feel it tomorrow," even Knight said, "That's too many," seemingly regretting his decision to keep the senior ace in the whole game as he looked down and spoke lightly during a post-game interview.

A substantial portion of Weaver's tally came in first inning after he struck out two batters and had loaded the bases. Another walk to sophomore Connor Adams drove in lead-off hitter Justin Reinaldo and a single to center from David Stuart with runners in scoring position gave KR a 3-0 advantage. Justin Rodriguez delivered a single to bring Adams home before Weaver regained control and closed out the inning.

Adams struck again in the top of the third with a two-out walk, leading to back to back base hits by Josh Leonard and Reinaldo. An RBI double by Palese gave Kettle Run it's 6-2 advantage that stuck around through the top of the fourth before the Tiger offense erupted.

"I thought in the beginning we were a little more aggressive at the plate," said Thorpe, a sentiment shared by Knight who later echoed his comment. "We were a lot more upbeat in the first inning."

Knight said the Kettle Run batters crowded the plate early, which played a role in Weaver's control issues.

Thorpe said his team "got happy" with where they were, adding that against a guy like Weaver (14K, 2BB, 8H, 3 HBP), his boys "can't give him an ounce" of momentum.

"Weaver came out and got us off guard," he said.

Weaver said he started to manage the tempo of the game better when he switched from throwing sliders -- the result of most of his hit batsmen -- to fastballs.

"Once we started hitting, I just needed to throw strikes, basically," he said.

The Tigers batters met their own challenge in Spinks, who froze BD batters in their tracks with a curve ball so sharp, senior Zach Stronko could be heard telling his teammates, "Yeah, his curve's dirty," as he came back to the dugout after an unsuccessful at bat.

"Absolutely dirty!" exclaimed senior Conner Murphy during a Weaver at bat in the bottom of the sixth inning that ended with the BD pitcher striking out on a low and away throw in the left hand batter's box. "Is that his one pitch?"

"It's probably the best one we've seen so far," said Weaver after the game. He added that Kettle Run is "going to win a lot of baseball games" this year.

The teams are on different trajectories with Brentsville being a perennial contender for a state tournament bid and Kettle Run being in its second year of existence. However, with the Kettle Run team still above .500 even after a loss to Brentsville, the boys had reason for optimism.

According to Thorpe, while his players crowded around each other in left field after the game, they said to each other, "We gave them a heck of a game (compared to) any time last year."