Badgers 3-5, scoreless against Sandpoint Bulldogs
Porter Schulte catches in field ball during practice.
(Photo by Emily Bonsant)
SANDPOINT — Fresh off earning a split against Grangeville last weekend, the Badgers (3-5) were shut out against Sandpoint at War Memorial Field on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won the first game 15-0, and the second game, 10-0.
In the bottom of the first inning, Sandpoint’s Cody Newhart broke the ice with a triple that scored three runs. The Bulldogs then went on to score 10 more unanswered runs over the next three innings to secure their first victory of the season, 15-0. Jack Zimmerman, Cody Newhart, and Finn Mellander combined for 11 of the Bulldogs' 14 RBIs.
Melander led the team with two hits, four RBIs and a run scored in Game 1.
On the defensive side of things, the Bulldogs' bullpen no-hit the Badgers in five innings of work, giving Austin Dillon his first win on the mound with three innings pitched, four strikeouts and two walks.
In Game 2, it was Jack Zimmerman who batted in the first two runs with a single to centerfield in the bottom of the third. Drew Lehman batted in two more runs in the sixth with an inside-the-park home run to put the Bulldogs up, 7-0. After a long series of walks in the sixth, Sandpoint ended up trotting in three more runs, which ended the game in a 10-0 victory.
The Badgers had two hits in Game 2.
Bulldogs Turner, Williams, Medeiros, and A. Leverich combined for six innings pitched while only allowing two hits, one walk and recording three strikeouts.
The Badgers are 3-5 and travel to St. Maries on Saturday.
FIRST GAME
Bonners Ferry 000 00 — 0 0 4
Sandpoint 534 3X — 15 9 0
HITS: BF — None. SHS — Mellander 2, MacDonald, B. Newhart, C. Newhart, Lehman, Zimmerman, Turner, Dillon.
2B — MacDonald, Mellander. 3B — C. Newhart. HR — Zimmerman
RBI’s: BF — None. SHS — Mellander 4, C. Newhart 4, Zimmerman 3, Dillon 2, Turner.
SECOND GAME
Bonners Ferry 000 000 — 0 2 5
Sandpoint 013 105 — 10 6 1
HITS: BF — Rice, Hammons. SHS — MacDonald 2, Lehman, Barlow, Zimmerman, Mellander.
HR — Lehman
RBI’s: BF — None. SHS — Lehman 3, Zimmerman 2, Dillon, B. Newhart.
Last weekend the Badgers went 1-1 against Grangeville
Bonners Ferry head coach Tom Turnpin said both games were close.
“We had the lead four times, but one error caused four runs, making it 11-9,” he said.
The Badgers won 7-6 against the Grangeville Bulldogs after stealing home.
FIRST GAME: Grangeville 11, Bonners Ferry 9.
SECOND GAME: Bonners Ferry 7, Grangeville 6.