No Lead Safe in a Back and Forth Battle, as Bombers Beat Chinooks 8-7<\/p>\n
The Lakeshore Chinooks and the Battle Creek Bombers second game of the three game series was an early battle with a score of 8-7 Bombers after 5 innings of play and that score would not change for the rest of the game. The Bombers relief pitching froze the Chinooks bats which led to the Bombers victory.<\/p>\n
The Battle Creek Bombers started the scoring in the top of the 1st<\/sup> inning. The Chinooks had two critical errors that played a big role along with a solid double by the Bombers that resulted in an early 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n The Chinooks bounced right back after a lead-off single by Chris Manning<\/b> (Valparaiso), Brant Valach<\/b> (Eastern Illinois) launched an RBI double to tie the ball game up 1-1. Ryan Krill<\/b> (MSU) started right where he left off bringing home Valach on a flare single to left field giving the Chinooks a 2-1 lead after an exciting 1st<\/sup> inning.<\/p>\n The Chinooks continued their scoring in the 2nd<\/sup> inning as Cody Bobbit<\/b> (Wichita State) found him-self on third base after a single, stolen base and a Bomber balk. After a Manning walk, Mason Snyder<\/b> (Heartland CC) knocked in Bobbit on an RBI double down the left field line pushing the lead to 3-1.<\/p>\n The Bombers struck again in the top of the 3rd<\/sup> inning on an RBI single to right field. They did not stop there as the Bombers sent a shot to the left-center gap bringing home yet another run to tie the game 3-3. The Chinooks saved a fourth run by getting the ball in and throwing the runner out at home for the final out.<\/p>\n Krill answered right back in the bottom of the 3rd<\/sup> with a lead-off single. Jerrick Suiter<\/b> (TCU) came up to the plate looking to make his mark, and sent a two-run home run off the scoreboard in left field to regain the lead. The Chinooks kept on pounding the ball as Bobbit knocked in Mikel Mucha<\/b> (Wichita State) with an RBI single making the score 6-3 and ending the Bombers starting pitchers night. With a Manning walk, the Chinooks loaded the bases with one out looking to pour on the runs, but the Bombers got out of the jam on an inning ending double play.<\/p>\n <\/span>A walk and stolen base started off the top of the 4th<\/sup> inning for the Bombers with a double bringing in yet another run, Fears of the Bombers sent a two run bomb over the wall tying the game up 6-6. The Bombers did not stop as they struck on another RBI double to shift the lead to Battle Creek, 7-6.<\/p>\n The runs did not stop, in the bottom of the 4th<\/sup> inning Aaron Machbitz<\/b> (South Dakota State) tied the game up at 7 with an RBI single knocking Krill in.<\/p>\n The Bombers wanted to keep the advantage as the capitalized once again in the top of the 5th<\/sup> on an error pushing the lead to 8-7.<\/p>\n After the Chinooks were not able to reach base since the 4th<\/sup> inning, Valach led the bottom of the 9th<\/sup> inning with a single. Sawyer Polen<\/b> (Kent State) replaced Valach on the base paths in every attempt to bring home the needed 8th<\/sup> run. The Chinooks could not stir up another hit and fell to the Bombers 8-7.<\/p>\n The Chinooks (11-7) still tied for division lead with the La Crosse Loggers, finish up their three game series with the Bombers Sunday, June 16th<\/sup>. In addition to celebrating Father’s Day, the first 1,000 fans that enter Kapco Park will receive an umbrella.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No Lead Safe in a Back and Forth Battle, as Bombers Beat Chinooks 8-7 The Lakeshore Chinooks and the Battle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-news"],"yoast_head":"\n