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Badgers split with Stags in baseball
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April 3, 2015 |
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The Bonners Ferry Badgers baseball team traveled
to North Spokane to take on the Deer Park Stags
on Saturday, March 21, and split a doubleheader,
losing the first game 10-7 and taking the second
game 6-3.
GAME 1
A seven run 4th inning by the Stags was costly
for the Badgers as they had 5 errors. allowing
Deer Park to send 12 batters to the plate in a
10-7 loss. The Badgers pounded out 12 hits in
the loss and left 8 runners stranded.
Bonners Ferry had a 5-2 lead until the bottom of
the fourth with Steve Anzalone hitting a RBI
single in the first inning. In the 2nd inning,
Kevin Gray reached base on a single and Jesse
Dunham hit a RBI double to right center to score
Gray. The Badgers added 2 more runs in the
bottom of the 3rd when Vince Bennett hit a
single and later scored on Caleb Gering’s RBI
single to right.
With the score 10-5, Bonners Ferry added two
more runs in the bottom of the 5th on 3 hits to
narrow the score to 10-7. In the top of the 7th,
the Badgers had bases loaded with two outs and
down three runs and the leadoff hitter up to
bat. Jesse Dunham hit a towering shot to left
only to have the wind hold it up and the left
fielder caught it to end the game.
Dunham, Bennett, Caleb Blackmore and Caleb
Gering all had two hits in the game. with Gering
and Dunham each hitting a double.
GAME 2
Sophomore pitcher Jesse Dunham improved his
record to 3-0 scattering four hits in four
innings of work to give the Badgers a 6-3 win.
Freshman Brady Bateman came in relief to pitch
three strong innings.
Dunham started the scoring in the first after a
single and later scored on Vince Bennett’s RBI
single to right. The Badgers added a run in the
2nd inning after Chris Sabin singled with one
out and later scored on a RBI single from Shay
Garcia. With the score 2-1 in the top of the
third inning, Bonners Ferry added four more runs
on three hits. After Nick Sabin was hit by a
pitch, Steve Anzalone, Caleb Gering and Chris
Sabin all hit back to back singles. The Stags
added two runs in the bottom of the 6th to make
the final score 6-3.
On the day, Bonners Ferry recorded 24 hits with
Jesse Dunham leading the way going 5 for 7 on
the day. Caleb Gering and Vince Bennett each had
three hits on the day. The split gives the
Badgers an overall record of 4-3 going into the
annual Bonners Ferry tournament this coming
weekend of March 27-28. |
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