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\n\tBattle Creek, MI- The Lakeshore Chinooks (7-9) fell to the Battle Creek Bombers by a score of 14-6 Thursday night in a game featuring two high-powered offenses.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tMatthew Mika (Central Florida) scored one of his three runs in the top of the 1st<\/sup>, crossing home after a Nick Gatewood (Georgia State) RBI single to give the Chinooks the early 1-0 lead.\n<\/p>\n \n\tMatthew Mika led off the top half of the 3rd<\/sup> with a single and later came around to score on another Nick Gatewood RBI single, increasing the Lakeshore lead to 2.\n<\/p>\n \n\tNick Gatewood would add to his RBI total in the top of the 4th<\/sup>, driving in Matthew Mika and Connor Kimple (Oklahoma State) on a 2-run single to give the Chinooks the 4-0 lead. In the bottom half of the inning, JD Mundy drove in Tom Stoffel on an RBI groundout, giving the Bombers their first run of the game. Later in the inning, Storm Joop would tack on another run for Battle Creek, driving in Nick Walker on a triple hit in the right-center gap, cutting the Chinooks’ lead to just 2.\n<\/p>\n \n\tMatthew Mika added to his impressive day at the plate in the top of the 5th<\/sup> inning, rocketing a single up the middle that scored Jack Dunn (Northwestern), giving the Chinooks a 5-2 lead, and gave Dunn his 4th<\/sup> hit in 4 at-bats.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Bombers again retaliated in the bottom of the 5th<\/sup>, this time with a Tom Stoffel sac fly, driving in Cale Hennemann. The Bombers would go on to tie the game later in the inning with a 2-run double coming from JD Mundy, scoring Alex Howard and Alec Trela, leaving Battle Creek and Lakeshore with 5 runs apiece. Storm Joop came through with his 3rd<\/sup> hit of the game, this one being an RBI single just out of the reach of Chinooks’ shortstop, Jack Dunn. The hit scored Mundy and gave the Bombers’ their first lead of the game.\n<\/p>\n \n\tNick Campe (Olivet Nazarene) got the call from the bullpen, marking the 3rd<\/sup> pitching change of the inning for Lakeshore. Nick Walker would score on a passed ball by Chinooks’ catcher, Nick Gatewood, giving the Bombers a 7-5 advantage. Battle Creek wasn’t done scoring in the bottom of the 5th<\/sup>, as Cale Hennemann drove in two more runs on a single, allowing Storm Joop and Jacob Blunt to score. The Bombers batted around in the inning, scoring 7 runs, while taking the 9-5 lead over the Chinooks.\n<\/p>\n \n\tDaniel DeSimone (Oklahoma State) joined the hit parade in the top of the 7th<\/sup>, legging out a hustle double that was hit in the right-center gap after Nick Walker slowly made his way to the ball. After advancing to third base, DeSimone was able to score on a wild pitch from Bombers’ pitcher Takoda Metoxen with Jack Dunn at the plate. Metoxen was fortunate to escape the inning with only the one run allowed, as Lakeshore loaded the bases with one out and couldn’t capitalize.\n<\/p>\n \n\tNikola Vasic was hit by a pitch for a league-leading 11th<\/sup> time to kick things off in the bottom of the 8th<\/sup> inning, later coming around to score on a Tom Stoffel RBI single. Alec Trela was then hit by a pitch, the second of the inning by Chinooks’ reliever, Cole Gnetz (Miami-Ohio). Stoffel later scored on a JD Mundy RBI single, giving Mundy 3 RBI for the game. Nick Walker then grounded out to first, but allowed Trela to score on the RBI groundout.\n<\/p>\n \n\tStorm Joop wasn’t satisfied with his 3-4 day at the plate, as Joop singled home Mundy, giving Joop his first 4-hit game of the season. Next up was Jacob Blunt, who singled to right, but an errant throw from Chinooks’ right fielder, Caleb Dean (Lamar), allowed Joop to come all the way home. Altogether, the Bombers plated 5 runs in the inning and led 14-6 heading into the 9th<\/sup>.\n<\/p>\n