The Early Red Sox surrendered runs in just two innings, while generating the first 10 runs of the contest en route to a 16-5 triumph over the Brownwood Blue Jays to open Texas Teen-Age Baseball 8U Machine Pitch State Tournament action at the Early City Park Monday night.

The Red Sox offense was sparked by Braxden Moya’s four-hit, three-RBI effort; Hagan Rasberry’s four hits and two RBI; Brayden Ivey and Logan Ingram with three hits and two RBI apiece; Braxton Musick with a pair of hits and two driven in; Kannon Matthew with a hit that knocked in two; Cash Clark with one hit and an RBI; and Ethan Collison plated a runner with an RBI fielder’s choice.

For the Blue Jays, Zaidyn Green notched three hits; Shooter Gibbs and Colt Longabaugh both finished with two hits and a pair of RBI; Christopher Nix contributed two hits; and Braxton Merket, Sam Windham, Carter Spruill and Preston Habekott added one hit apiece.

After a scoreless first inning, the Red Sox lit up the scoreboard with three runs in the top of the second. A triple by Rasberry was followed by an RBI single from Moya and two-run home run by Matthews.

Brownwood again failed to score in the bottom of the second inning, which permitted Early to seize control, 10-0, in the top of the third thanks to the maximum seven runs to score in a frame.

Ivey doubled, Ingram and Rasberry followed with singles, Moya doubled, Clark tallied an infield single, Ivey added his second hit of the inning and Ingram closed the frame with an RBI base hit.

The Blue Jays reduced the deficit to 10-3 in the bottom of the third as Habekott singled, Nix reached on a base hit, Gibbs drove in two with a base hit and Longabaugh tacked on an RBI single.

Early regained a double-digit advantage, 13-3, in the top of the fourth as Rasberry led off with a hit, Moya singled him home, then Musick and Clark chipped in consecutive two-out RBI singles.

Brownwood again went quietly in the fourth, which allowed Early to stretch the lead to 16-3 in the top of the fifth. Ivey led off with a double followed by back-to-back triples from Ingram and Rasberry. Moya drove in the final run on an infield single.

Needing at least six runs to keep the game alive, as no team can record more than seven in an inning, Brownwood was limited to a pair in the bottom of the fifth to end the contest.

Nix and Gibbs both singled while Longabaugh and Green collected RBI base hits.

In other TTAB State Tournament action Monday night:

* Behind three home runs from Case Markham, the Brownwood Brewers kicked off play in the 14U tournament at Rusk with a 14-8 victory over Buffalo Brooks. The Brewers were forced to play a second game Monday and fell by a 17-5 count to the Van Black Jacks, which drew a first-round bye. With the loss, the Brewers will attempt to stave off elimination at 6 p.m. Tuesday against the Rusk Rangers.

* In 14U state action at Rusk, the May Tigers were on the short end of a 27-9 decision against the Rusk Eagles. May will be back in action at 8 pm. Tuesday in the elimination bracket.

* The Brownwood Pirates dropped their opener to the Belton Cardinals, 10-4, in 12U Open Base action in Franklin. The Pirates will play an elimination game at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

* The May Tigers fell by a 13-0 count to the Belton Dodgers in the 12U Open Base tournament in Franklin. The Tigers are also in the elimination bracket where they will clash with either the Grand Saline Orioles or Rogers Ballers at 5 p.m. Thursday.

* The Bangs Legends, playing in the 10U Tight Base State Tournament in Chandler, were dealt an 18-2 defeat by Buffalo McVeay. The Legends, who trailed just 3-2 until the bottom of the third, face an elimination game at 6 p.m. Tuesday against either the Grand Saline Cubs or Chandler Dodgers.

UPDATED TTAB 8U MACHINE PITCH STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKET

(at Early City Park)

Game 1: Brownwood Tigers 21, Bangs Legends 5

Game 2: Buffalo Payne 24, May Tigers 4

Game 3: Early Red Sox 16, Brownwood Blue Jays 5

Game 4: Comanche Pirates 13, Coleman Bluecats 6

Game 5: Bangs Legends vs. May Tigers, 6 p.m. Tuesday

Game 6: Brownwood Blue Jays vs. Coleman Bluecats, 6 p.m. Tuesday

Game 7: Brownwood Tigers vs. Buffalo Payne, 8 p.m. Tuesday

Game 8: Early Red Sox vs. Comanche Pirates, 8 p.m. Tuesday

Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser, 8 p.m. Tuesday

Game 10: Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 6 p.m. Wednesday

Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 6 p.m. Wednesday

Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8 p.m. Wednesday

Game 13: Game 12 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 6 p.m. Thursday

Game 14 (CHAMPIONSHIP): Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 8 p.m. Thursday

Game 15 (IF NEEDED): Game 14 winner vs. Game 14 loser, 6 p.m. Friday