Badgers win Colville Invitational Defeat teams from Colville, Washington and Trail, B.C.

April 13, 2016

by Tom Turpin BFHS Head Baseball Coach The Badger baseball team traveled to Colville, Washington this past Saturday, April 9, and came away with a sweep of the Colville Indians and the Trail Hawks. GAME 1 - Bonners Ferry 12, Colville 8 Senior Vince Bennett pitched well and the Badger bats provided him enough runs to improve his overall record to 4-0. The Badgers scored an early run in the top of the first inning after Jesse Dunham reached base on a single and later scored on an RBI double from Caleb Gering. The Badgers added 3 more runs in the top of the 3rd inning when Bennett singled and Dunham scored Bennett on a RBI double. Nick Sabin singled and both Dunham and N. Sabin scored on Kaleb Stockton’s 2 run single to left. Colville got on the board in their bottom of the 3rd scoring a run off two hits to make the score 4-1. Bonners Ferry added 3 more in the top of the 4th when Seth Bateman led off the inning with a single and his brother Brady reached on an error from the centerfielder. Both scored on a two-run triple from Dunham. Gering then singled to score Dunham to make the score 7-1. The Indians responded with five runs in the bottom of the 4th inning on four hits to narrow the lead to 7-6. The Badgers got three more runs in the top of the 5th inning when Kevin Gray and Brady Bateman walked and later scored when Bennett hit a two-run triple to deep right. Bennett then scored on Dunham’s second triple of the game, making the score 10-6. The Badgers added single runs in the 6th inning when Nick Sabin scored on a wild pitch and Brady Bateman hit a one out triple and scored on Bennett’s sacrifice fly. Colville added two more runs to make the eventual score 12-8. Dunham led the team going 4 for 5 with four RBI and Brady Bateman, Bennett and Gering each got two hits in the game. Bonners Ferry  1  0  3  3  3  1  1  12  13  2 Colville              0  0  1  5  0  2  0    8    8  2 Badger hits: B. Bateman – 2 (3B), Bennett – 2 (3B), Dunham – 4 (2B, 2-3B), Gering – 2 (2B), N. Sabin, Stockton, S. Bateman GAME 2 - Trail 1, Bonners Ferry 10 (6 innings) With the score tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the 4th, the Badgers erupted for five runs and four more in the bottom of the 5th to secure the 10-1 win in six innings due to darkness. The Badgers scored 5 runs in the 4th inning off just two hits but received 4 walks in the inning. In the 5th inning, the Badgers scored their four runs on three hits highlighted by Kaleb Stockton’s RBI triple to left. Brady Bateman pitched a complete game, picking up the win giving up five hits to improve his record to 1-1. Trail                  0  0  0  1  0   0  X  1  5  3 Bonners Ferry  1  0  0  5  4  X  X  8  7  2 Badger hits: Gering – (2B), Stockton – 2 (3B), Gray, C. Sabin, S. Bateman - 2 The wins improve the baseball team’s overall record to 10-2 in the season. The Badgers travel to Newport for their final non-league tune-up this Thursday at 4:00 p.m. They start Intermountain league games this Saturday at home against Priest River. First game starts at 11:00 a.m.