Badger boys drop IML opener
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April 10, 2013 |
By Coach Tom Turpin
The Badger baseball team dropped its IML season
opener to the Priest River Spartans 6-3 last
Tuesday. Freshman Vince Bennett took the loss
for the Badgers as their record went to 5-6 on
the season.
Priest River started the scoring in the first
inning when the Badgers committed two errors and
the Spartans capitalized scoring two runs. They
added another run to go up 3-0 in the third
inning when Dalton Sommers led off with a single
and later scored on a fielder’s choice.
In the top of the fifth inning, Priest River
added two more runs to go up 5-0 when Jake
Perkins hit a two run single to score RC Akre
and Sommers.
The Badgers finally got on the scoreboard in the
bottom half of the fifth when Garrett Skeen lead
off with his second hit of the night.
Connor Bennett then walked and Shay Garcia hit a
RBI single to score Skeen.
Bennett scored on a fielder’s choice from Matt
Gray.
Priest River added an insurance run in the sixth
inning, when Cody Edwards reached on an error
and later scored. Bonners Ferry scored a final
run in its half of the sixth inning after Cade
Umphenhour was hit by a pitch and scored on a
Spartan error.
Freshman Vince Bennett pitched 5 2/3 effective
innings for the Badgers, striking out eight and
walking only one. Skeen went two for four in the
game. The Badgers left 11 runners on base. |
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