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Badgers defeat Timberlake Tigers to finish
perfect
in IML Baseball |
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May 4, 2 |
by Tom Turpin
BFHS Head Baseball Coach
The Badger baseball team completed their first
ever perfect season in Intermountain League
history by beating the Timberlake Tigers 9-5
last Tuesday. The win improves their overall
record to 19-2 with a 9-0 league record going
into the District tournament next Monday.
BONNERS FERRY 9, TIMBERLAKE 5
The Badgers pounded out five runs on seven hits
in the top of the first inning and scattered
four more runs throughout the game to secure the
9-5 win over the Tigers.
Senior Caleb Blackmore started off the inning
with a single to left followed by back-to-back
singles from Vince Bennett and Jesse Dunham.
Senior Caleb Gering then pounded a two-run
triple to deep left center to score Bennett and
Dunham. With one out in the inning, junior Kaleb
Stockton hit a RBI triple of his own to score
Gering. Junior Kevin Gray then followed up with
a RBI single to score Stockton.
The Badgers added a run in the top of the third
to make the score 6-0 on a RBI single from
Dunham. The Tigers responded with two runs in
the bottom half of the third on one hit and a
Badger error to narrow the lead to 6-2. Bonners
Ferry added two runs in the top of the fourth
when Stockton hit a double to left center and
Gray followed up with a single. Junior Raul
Rodriguez scored both of them on a two run
double to make the score 8-2.
Timberlake responded again by scoring two runs
with two outs in the inning aided by another
Badger error and two hits making the score 8-4.
Both teams went scoreless in the fifth inning
but Timberlake narrowed the lead in the bottom
of the sixth scoring a single run to make the
score 8-5. Bonners Ferry added a run in their
half of the seventh after Gering walked and
later scored on a wild pitch. Bennett, coming in
relief for pitcher Dunham, struck out the last
two batters to end the game.
Bonners Ferry will play Kellogg on Monday, May 9
at 4:00 p.m. in Bonners Ferry in the first round
of the District 1 – 3A baseball tournament. The
winner advances to the Championship game on
Tuesday at 4:00 p.m., with the winner of that
game moving on to the State Tournament.
Jesse Dunham got the win, improving his record
to 6-0 while Bennett came in relief in the sixth
inning.
Bonners Ferry 5
0 1 2 0 0 1
9 17 2
Timberlake
0 0 2 2 0 1
0 5 7 1
Badger hits: Blackmore, Bennett – 2, Dunham – 2,
Gering – 2 (3B), Nick Sabin, Stockton – 2 (2B,
3B), Brady Bateman, Gray – 2, Rodriguez – 3,
Chris Sabin
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