BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/16/12

Majors

BR Angels vs BR Athletics

The Bear River Angels squared off against the Athletics in a BRLL match up that went in favor of the Angels 11-1 in five innings on Wednesday. Dean Hopper got his first start of the season for the Angels who earned the win, where Jacob Anderson started for the A's took the loss. Hopper went three and two thirds innings giving up two hits with five strike outs and no runs allowed. Angels manager Sean Solomon relieved Hopper of his duty with Scott Sandstadt who gave up an RBI single to Nathan Van Patten to move the score to 3-1, for the only A's run in the contest. Athletics' manager Dave Aldrich replaced Anderson with Trevor Hennig,


Hopper started the game with a strikeout and the Angels committed two errors placing pressure on the first time stater, he proceeded to strike out the next batter. The following batter grounded out to end the top of the first, getting his team out of an early jam.


The Angels jumped on Athletics starting pitcher in the first, good for two runs and the lead which they never gave up.

Bradford singled with two outs for the Angels but failed to score in the second.

In the Bottom of the third, Anthony Crawford walked to lead off, Jordan Elliott was hit by the pitch and Leonard singled to load bases. The Athletics third baseman made a throwing error which scored another Angels run. Sandstedt hit into a fielders choice which scored a run to move the score to 5~1 with two outs. Leonard scored from third on an A's wild pitch for a 6-1 lead. Fenton singled scoring Solomon, pushing the lead to 7~1. Owen Dalbon also hit safely but the Angels rally stalled to end the third.

In the bottom of the fourth Trevor Hennig was called to pitch for the A's, where he gave up a lead off single to Mason Giordano and Dylan Sinclair followed up with an RBI double to score Giordano. The Angels lead was 8~1.

Fenton ended the game with a walk off double in the fifth with a final score of 11~1.

Fenton closed the game for the Angels where Van Patten and Caleb Edwards also pitched for the A's.

The teams played once earlier in the season that ended in a 14-3 victory for the Angels. The game was closer than the final score stated. Henning gave up no hits through five innings of work for a 0-0 score. The Athletics manager made a pitching change and the Angels' posted 14 runs in the sixth.

BR Dodgers at SF Orioles

The Bear River Dodgers were hosted by the Sierra Foothill Orioles at Applegate Ball Park on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Dodgers won by a score of 19-4. The visiting team was led by Austin Baze who hit his first home run of the season and starting pitcher Harry Zea.

Dodger's manager John Dzioba also called on Elliot Bouchier, Joe Cregar, Bradley Dzioba and Seth Robinson to pitch in relief.


Bear River was led at the plate by Cregar who went 2-3 including a two RBI double, Dzioba 2-4 and Mason Riffey, Noah Gravatt, Jaden Gravatt and Robinson also hit RBI singles in the win.

The Dodgers will host the SF Nationals on Saturday at 7 p.m.