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Badgers split with Timberlake in baseball |
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April 23, 2018 |
by Tom Turpin
Head Coach, BFHS Varsity Baseball
The Bonners Ferry Badgers 23 game Intermountain
League winning streak was snapped in the first
game of a doubleheader against their rival
Timberlake Tigers. The last time the Badgers
lost a league game was back in April 2015
against the Tigers. The Badgers are 7-4 overall
and 3-1 in IML.
GAME 1 – Timberlake 3 Bonners Ferry 2
Timberlake pitcher Jack MacDonald and Badger
pitcher Will Parr struck out eight batters each
in a classic pitching duel, but Timberlake
prevailed on a Badger mental fielding error that
would be the eventual winning run.
Timberlake scored three runs in the top of the
fourth inning after consecutive singles to start
the inning, capped by a two run double by Tiger
player Dustin Smith. Smith was tagged out at
third base attempting to stretch the hit to a
triple. The next batter reached on an infield
single that was not played properly. The batter
reached second base on a passed ball and was
awarded third on a balk. He later scored on a
two out single.
Bonners Ferry scored two runs in the bottom of
the fifth inning after Seamus Skeen and Brady
Bateman walked. Seth Bateman hit a RBI single to
score Skeen and Shayne Walker hit a sacrifice
fly to score Brady Bateman. The Badgers were
shut down the last two innings for Timberlake to
preserve the win. Seth Bateman ended up with two
hits for Bonners Ferry.
GAME 2 – Timberlake 3 Bonners Ferry 6
The Badgers bounced back in game two as senior
Shayne Walker threw a complete game two-hitter
while striking out 10 and walking three batters.
Timberlake scored one run in the top of the
first, but Bonners Ferry came back with two runs
in their half of the first inning led by two
walks and singles by Ty Bateman and Mason Eby.
The Badgers added another run in the bottom of
the second as James Leach struck out but reached
on a passed ball. He later scored on a RBI
single from Shayne Walker. Timberlake scored two
runs in the top of the third to tie the game 3 –
3 but the Badgers got three more in the bottom
of the fifth inning after Will Parr singled and
James Leach executed a great bunt to move Parr
to second. Jared Fess then single to put runners
at the corners. Brady Bateman walked to load the
bases and Seth Bateman was also walked to score
Parr. Chris Sabin then hit a single to score
Fess and Ty Bateman was hit by a pitch to score
Brady Bateman.
Mason Eby came in on relief of Walker in the top
of the 7th inning due to the pitch count rule
and earned the save for the Badgers.
The Badgers are in search of their unprecedented
fourth straight IML title. Both teams play each
other next Tuesday, May 1 in Spirit Lake in a
game that will most likely will be for the
league crown. |
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