PREP BASEBALL: Badgers split double-header against Timberlake, travel for district tournament

BONNERS FERRY – The Badgers mounted an eight-run comeback Saturday in the final inning against Timberlake to win their last home game of the season 11-10. 

It took only one hit for Bonners Ferry to win in walk-off fashion after beginning the bottom of the seventh inning down 10-3. Four batters walked, two were hit by pitches and the final blow was delivered by three runs scored off a Timberlake error via a groundball put in play by Maddox Mertzweiller. 

Early in the game, the Badgers had scoring opportunities, but they were unable to convert with runners in scoring position in the first two innings. 

Then in the third inning, Keenan Maas and Jack Woods broke the scoring drought for the Badgers with back-to-back doubles to drive two runs home. 

Though Bonners Ferry won the second game in the double header, they dropped their other regular season matchups against Timberlake, so the team traveled to Spirit Lake Tuesday to begin the district championship series. 

The Tigers won the first game 10-0 on Tuesday, as Timberlake returned the favor with an eight-run fifth inning to seal it.  

The Badgers struggled to get on base against Tigers pitcher Eric Wylie, who pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and no walks. Bonners Ferry was able to put the ball in play well, though, only striking out once in the entire game. 

For the first four innings, Timberlake was held to two runs on four hits. But the Tigers uncorked half of their hits and almost all of their runs in a sudden fifth inning rally.  

Game two of the best of three series was Wednesday, after the Bonners Ferry Herald deadline. The results and recap of the game will be available in next week’s issue. 

Game three, if necessary, will be Thursday May 1 at a time to be announced. 

GAME ONE 

Timberlake 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 – 10 12 5
Bonners Ferry 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 – 11 8 4 

PITCHING: BF – Woods: 0.2IP, 2H, 3R, 3BB, 1K. Liermann: 3.1IP, 3H, 2R, 2BB, 0K. Rice: 3IP, 7H, 5R, 0BB, 0K. TL – Brennan 6.1IP, 7H, 4R, 2BB, 8K. Beardsall: 0.0IP, 1H, 4R, 2BB, 0K. Blansfield: 0.1IP, 0H, 3R, 1BB, 0K. Van Tassel: 0.0IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K. 

BATTING: HITS: BF – Liermann 2, Bateman 1, Maas 1, Woods 1, Rice 1, Burt 1, Mertzweiller 1. TL – Pecor 3, Perkl 2, Moore 2, Van Tassel 2, Brennan 1, Wylie 1, Haines 1. 2B: BF – Maas 1. TL – Wylie 1, Van Tassel 1. RBI: BF – Maas 2, Woods 2, Rice 1, Ostberg 1. TL – Van Tassel 3, Pecor 2, Moore 1. 

GAME TWO 

Bonners Ferry 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 2 1
Timberlake 2 0 0 0 8 – 10 8 1 

PITCHING: BF – Liermann: 4.1IP, 7H, 9R, 5BB, 1K. Rice: 0.1IP, 1H, 1R, 1BB, 0K. TL – Wylie: 5.0IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K. 

BATTING: HITS: BF – Bateman 1, Hanson 1. TL – Brennan 4, Perkl 1, Pecor 1, Wylie 1, Moore 1. 2B: TL – Brennan 1, Wylie 1. RBI: TL – Brennan 2, Wylie 2, Perkl 1, Blansfield 1, Moore 1, Van Tassel 1, Haines 1.