\n\tBy: Matt Sanders, Bombers Broadcaster\n<\/p>\n
\n\tTommy Parsons, the sophomore from Adrian College, threw six and a third solid innings against the Kalamazoo Growlers Friday night at Homer Stryker Field en route to the Bombers winning 6-1.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIn his six and a third innings, Parsons allowed seven hits and recorded seven strikeouts against Kalamazoo.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tAustin Bueter came on in relief for Parsons and worked out of a jam with two Growlers on base. Bueter went on to pitch one and two thirds of scoreless baseball for Battle Creek, and Chi-Ping Wu came on for his debut in the ninth to close out the game.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Bombers offense played small ball with a touch of long ball. Shortstop Ryan Dorrow got the scoring started for Battle Creek with a single in the first inning and came around to score on a Josh Canabal single.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIn the top of the fourth inning, Canabal had a leadoff single, then first baseman Christian Helsel reached after getting hit by a pitch. With one out in the inning, second baseman Cooper Marshall launched a three-run home run over the left-center field wall to give the Bombers a 4-1 lead, and Battle Creek never looked back.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tWith the bases loaded in the fifth inning, Cooper Marshall worked a two-out walk, scoring center fielder Nick Walker, who reached with a one-out walk.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIn the eighth inning, Christian Helsel led off with a single, and then stole both second base and third base. He came home to score Battle Creek’s sixth and final run on an RBI groundout by catcher Alejandro Gomez.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Bombers take a 2-0 lead in the four game home-and-home series with Kalamazoo, and move to .500 on the season. The Bombers and Growlers square off again at Homer Stryker Field in Kalamazoo Saturday evening at 6:05 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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