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Badgers sweep Kellogg Wildcats in IML Baseball,
locking up second straight league title |
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May 4, 2016 |
The Badger baseball team swept the Kellogg
Wildcats on Saturday to claim their second
consecutive Intermountain League Title, the
first back to back baseball titles in Badger
history. The wins improve their Intermountain
League record to 8-0, and 18-2 overall.
GAME 1 – BONNERS FERRY 13, KELLOGG 5
Senior Vince Bennett improved his overall record
to 7-0 while striking out 13 and walking two
batters in a complete game.
The Badgers struck for four runs in the first
inning after leadoff hitter Jesse Dunham reached
base on a walk and Bennett singled to center.
After consecutive wild pitches from the Wildcat
pitcher to score Dunham, Caleb Gering scored
Bennett on a ground out. Caleb Blackmore was hit
by a pitch and later scored on Nick Sabin’s RBI
single. Sabin later scored on a RBI single from
Kevin Gray. The Badgers added a run in the top
half of the second when Raul Rodriguez started
the inning off with a single and later scored on
a ground out.
Kellogg tied the game 5 – 5 in the fifth inning
after scoring two runs in the bottom of the
third, a lone run in the fourth and two more in
the fifth inning. The Badgers then scored seven
runs in the top of the sixth inning on four hits
and three errors. Bonners Ferry added a lone run
in the seventh inning on Rodriguez’s second hit
of the game to make the final score 13-5
Bonners Ferry 4
1 0 0 0 7 1 13
11 2
Kellogg
0 0 2 1 2 0
0 5 7 7
Badger hits: Dunham (2B), Bennett, Blackmore –
2, Nick Sabin – 2, Stockton, Gray, Chris Sabin,
Rodriguez - 2
GAME 2 – BONNERS FERRY 19, KELLOGG 6 (5
Innings)
The Badgers jumped out to another early four run
lead and cruised to a 19-6 win in five innings
over Kellogg. Senior Caleb Blackmore pitched a
complete game to improve his record to 2 – 0.
Jesse Dunham started the game off with a single
followed by four consecutive walks. Chris Sabin
then hit a two run single to left. Bonners Ferry
added two more runs in the second inning
highlighted by Blackmore’s RBI single to right
field to make the score 6 – 0. The Wildcats cut
the lead to 6 – 4 in their half of the second
scoring four runs on four hits and two Badger
errors. Kellogg wouldn’t go away in the third
inning and narrowed the lead to 6 – 5 when they
scored a lone run on a hit and another Badger
error.
The Badgers took control of the game in the
fourth inning scoring four runs on only one hit
and two walks. In the top of the fifth inning,
Bonners Ferry scored nine runs on just three
hits and five Wildcat errors to make the final
score 19 – 6.
Dunham and Blackmore each had two hits with
Blackmore hitting a double and 3 RBI’s. Kevin
Gray also had 3 RBI’s in the game.
Bonners Ferry 4
2 0 4 9 19 8
2
Kellogg
0 4 1 1 0
6 9 6
Badger hits: Dunham – 2, Bennett, Blackmore – 2
(2B), Gray, Chris Sabin, Rodriguez,
The Badgers travel to Timberlake on Tuesday to
finish their Intermountain League schedule and
next Friday to Newport to finish the regular
season. The IML District tournament will be
hosted by Bonners Ferry with the top-seeded
Badgers taking on the fourth seed in league on
Monday, May 9 at 4:00 p.m.
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