Baseball 1 run away from defeating Timberlake in DH

SPIRIT LAKE — After a 10-3 win against the Timberlake Tigers, the Badgers lost game two by one run.

The Badgers started the third inning behind 3-0. In innings four and five, they chipped away at Timberlake's lead by scoring a total of four runs. The Badgers held the Tigers run-less for the rest of the game and finished with a whopper seventh inning scoring five runs.

In game two, the Badgers took the lead in the third inning, but the Tigers made it 3 all in the fourth. The Badgers scored six runs in the fifth inning, but only mustered one run in the sixth falling to Timberlake by one run.

Game One, Bonners 10, Timberlake 3

BF 001 220 5—10

T 012 000 0—3

HITS: BF—Tr. Bateman, Schulte 1, Banning, B. Bateman, Dahl 2, Newell 3. Timb — Gallimore, Wells, Allaway 1, Lenz, Ames 2.

Game Two

BF 102 061—10

T 010 244—11

HITS: BF — Newell, B. Bateman 1, Schulte 2, Rice 4.Timb — Lenz 1, Wells, Borges 2, Gallimore 4.

BONNERS FERRY — After a double-digit blowout against Priest River, the Badgers fell short of beating the Wildcats in a double header April 16.

The double header was scheduled to take place in Kellogg, but due to weather, the venue changed to Bonners Ferry.

With the first game tied 1-1 at the end of the third inning, the Badgers came out strong in the fourth, scoring four runs and led the Wildcats 5-2 in the fifth.

The Wildcats had a whopper sixth inning, scoring nine runs before it was through. Each inning ended with only one team scoring per inning. The Badgers had another strong inning in the seventh, scoring six runs and finishing only one run behind the Wildcats.

Bonners Ferry (5-9, 2-2) had tied it with six runs in the bottom of the seventh, started with a three-run double by Roger Naylor and sacrifice flies from Trey Bateman and Blake Rice to tie the game.

Kellogg finished the game scoring two runs to take the win 13-11.

In game two, the Badgers were tied with the Wildcats in the fifth inning making it 2-2, but the Wildcats came back in the fifth to score nine runs. The Badgers fought back, scoring a total of six runs combined in the sixth and seventh innings, but it was not enough to chip away at the deficit. Kellogg took the win 15-8.

Head coach Tom Turpin said Kellogg came to play and played hard.

“They improved a lot from last year and came to win,” he said. “My hats off to them.”

Missed opportunities prevented the Badgers from coming back in the first game, he said.

GAME ONE, Kellogg 13, Bonners Ferry 11

BF: 001 400 60—11

K: 100 019 02—13

Riply Luna, Brayden Hoffman (4), Asher Goodner (7) and Luke Frohlich; Teigan Banning, Porter Schulte (5), Elijah Dahl (6) and Bo Bateman.

HITS: Kell — Bra. Hoffman 2, Meredith, Eixenberger, Hoover, Whatcott 2. BF — Bo Bateman 2, Rice 2, Banning, Naylor. 2B — Hoffman 2, Naylor, Bateman.

GAME TWO, Kellogg 15, Bonners Ferry 8

K: 002 092 2—15

BF: 000 205 1—8

Travis Eixenberger, Bill Hoover (6), Asher Goodner (7) and Luke Frohlich; Trey Bateman, Blake Rice (5), Porter Schulte (5) and Teigan Banning.

HITS: Kell — R. Luna 2, Frohlich, Meredith 3, Bra. Hoffman 3, Hoover 2, Clapper, Whatcott, Silva. BF — T. Bateman, Rice, Newell 2, Dahl 2. 2B — Meredith, Dahl. 3B — Meredith.

Baseball opens IML play with double digit blowout against Spartans

BONNERS FERRY — Badger baseball opened up the 3A Intermountain League play on Wednesday, April 13, smashing the Priest River Spartan 10-0 and 14-0.

The Spartans combined only two hits for the doubleheader and were struck 12 times by Teigan Banning in Game One.

Blake Rice hit a triple down the left field line. He’d go on to score on a passed ball to extend Bonners Ferry’s lead to 3-0.

At the end of the first, Bo Bateman hit a 2-run RBI single to put the Badgers ahead 8-0.

Game One also got called due to the 10-run rule, but this one was more of a slow burn.

In game two, the Badgers continued their momentum scoring eight runs in the first inning. They scored another six runs in the following three innings and finished the night holding the Spartans scoreless in the contest.

The Spartans also committed 10 errors between the two games.

GAME ONE, Bonners Ferry 10, Priest River 0

BONNERS FERRY 310 24 — 10 10 0

PRIEST RIVER 000 00 — 0 1 6

Game called in the fifth inning due to the 10-run rule.

Everett Hannah, Charles Bennett (4), and Tyson Troudt. Teigan Banning and Bo Bateman.

HITS — PR: Patterson. BF: B. Bateman, Tr. Bateman 2, Rice 2, Banning 2, Newell 2, Schulte. 3B — Rice.

GAME TWO, Bonners Ferry 14, Priest River 0.

BONNERS FERRY 813 2X — 14 9 1

PRIEST RIVER 000 00 — 0 1 4

Game Two was called in the fifth inning due to the 10-run rule.

Colton Brooks, Shayd Wong-Yuen (1), Kyle Patterson (4), and Tyson Troudt. Trey Bateman, Peter Schulte (5), and Bo Bateman.

HITS — PR: Wong-Yuen. BF: B. Bateman 3, T. Bateman 2, Rice, Newell, Schulte, Willis.