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Badgers capture fourth consecutive Intermountain
League title |
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May 3, 2018 |
by Tom Turpin
Heach Coach, BFHS Varsity Baseball
The Bonners Ferry Badger baseball team had to
travel to Spirit Lake twice after the 1 ½ hour
game rain delay start on the Tuesday, May 1 game
against Timberlake went to a suspended game due
to darkness with a 7-7 score through 7 innings.
But, the Badgers came away with a thrilling 8-7
victory to capture their fourth straight league
title after senior captain Chris Sabin smashed a
solo home run in the top of the 9th inning.
Bonners Ferry 8, Timberlake 7 (9
innings)
The Badgers scored four runs in the top of the
7th inning to tie the game 7-7 after both
pitchers had reached their maximum pitch count
to send the game into extra innings. Timberlake
started the scoring off with a run in the first
inning but Bonners Ferry answered with a run in
the top of the 2nd inning after Sabin reached on
a walk and later scored on an RBI out from Mason
Eby. Timberlake stretched the lead to 5 – 1
through five innings but the Badgers added two
runs in the top of the 6th when Sabin reached
base after being hit by a pitch and Jared Fess
singled. Eby came up big again hitting an RBI
single to left scoring Sabin and Ty Bateman hit
an RBI single to left scoring Fess.
But Timberlake added two more runs in the bottom
of the 6th on a Badger error and walk followed
by a single to left field. With the score 7-3,
the Badgers staged a comeback scoring four runs
in the final regulation inning. Brady Bateman
led off the inning reaching on an error from the
left fielder followed by back to back RBI
singles from Seth Bateman and Shayne Walker.
Sabin reached base on a walk, Fess struck out
for the first out and Eby walked and Ty Bateman
hit a 2 run single scoring Walker and Sabin. Eby
came in relief for starting pitcher Will Parr in
the bottom of the 7th inning and shut the Tigers
down. The game was suspended until the following
day due to darkness.
The game resumed the next day in the top of the
8th inning and both teams failed to score in the
8th. In the top of the 9th inning, Sabin hit a
towering solo home run to left field on a 3-2
pitch to score the winning run. Eby shut down
the Tiger offense in the bottom of the 9th
inning to secure the victory.
Starting pitcher Will Parr pitched a great game,
striking out 11 and walking four in 5.2 innings
while Eby came in relief for the win. Eby struck
out three in 3 innings. The Badger bats produced
13 hits led by Brady Bateman going 3 for 4 while
Seth Bateman, Jared Fess and Ty Bateman each got
two hits in the game.
Bonners Ferry hosts the 2018 Intermountain
League tournament Tuesday-Thursday, May 8-10
with the #1 seed Badgers playing at 4pm against
#4 seed Priest River. |
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