BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/12/12

MAJORS

Angels

The White Sox of Penn Valley Little League traveled to Bear River on Saturday afternoon to play baseball against the Angels. BR started with Jake Leonard on the mound who earned the win, ending with a final score of 7-0. In the bottom of the first inning Ryan Solomon hit a two out double to center field and Scott Sandstedt followed up with a home run also to center to take a 2~0 lead. Also pitching for the the Angels in the win were Sandstedt, Dean Hopper and Solomon. All four BR pitchers combined in throwing 65 pitches through six innings. Leading hitters for the Angels were Leonard who hit into a fielders choice, but did get an RBI, Solomon also hit a triple, Sandstedt in addition to his HR, hit a single off the center filed fence that was inches from going out. Owen Dalbon hit an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth to move the score to 4~0, Porter Elliott also hit an RBI single and Leonard's two RBI double capped off the scoring in the bottom of the fifth for the home team to end the contest with a final score of 7-0.  


The Angels (11-1) host the Sierra Foothill Giants (7-5) Monday at 7.

Athletics/Giants

The Bear River Athletics hosted the BR Giants in a rematch game that went the way of pitcher Clay Corippo who threw a two hitter and a couple of home runs as the Giants won by a score of  7-0. Corippo threw 56 pitches in the win. The TOC implications are here. Trevor Hennig started for the Athletics where he gave up six Giants runs and Jacob Anderson relieved for the A's for the remaining three innings giving up one run in the loss. Justin Kilgore (3 HR on the season) and Jake Rogers (1 HR on the season) hit home runs  for the Giants while Logan Jenkins, Reid Zoldan and Corripo hit safely for the in their win over the Athletics. The two A's hits came off the bats of Peyton McGovern who went one for two while Caleb Edwards went one for one against the Giants Ace in the loss.


The Athletics will be back in action on Wednesday against the Bear River Angels and the Giants will travel to Penn Valley and take on the White Sox also on Wednesday both games are at 7.

MINORS

The Bear River Yankees battled with the BR Tigers on Saturday morning and by the time the sun got high in the sky the Yankees won 5-2 in 6 innings. Brekyn Vasquez Stared for the Yankees going three innings and gave up two runs while Colby Lundsford started for the Tigers going one and two thirds also giving up two. Braden Fowler relieved for the Vasquez pitching one and one third with three strike outs and giving up no runs. Colton Jenkins finished the game for the Yankees striking out  the last two batters of the contest. Blaynne Rogers made two great inning ending plays at second base as well as she hit a single driving home a run. Fowler broke the game open with a two RBI double with the bases loaded in the fourth to move the score to 5-2. Also leading the way at the plate for the Yankees were Jenkins, Vasquez, Weston Prosser, Damian Christen and Ryan Olsen who also hit safely. All four Tiger pitchers pitched well including Anthony Vierra who threw smoke in the fifth giving up no runs. "It was very fun game," said a Yankee coach. "The game did not have many errors and all the runs were earned by both teams with hits and good base running."

The Bear River Royals host the BR Yankees on Monday at 4:45. The two teams sit tied in their division with only one loss apiece.

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/9/12

MAJORS

Athletics

The Bear River A's traveled to Condon Park on Wednesday where they took on the Grass Valley Angels and won 6-5. BR scored two in the fifth and added three more in the sixth in the win . The A's trailed 4-1 in the fourth. A Bear River coach stated, rhe player of the game was Jakob Berger due to his two RBIs in the sixth which gave his team the lead. The table was set in the sixth by Nathan Van Patten, Jackson Blashford, Peyton McGovern and Jacob Rivett who got hits to give their team a chance. Jacob Anderson started for the visitors throwing two and one third, Rivett threw for one third, Trevor Henning pitched three and one third  and earned the win for manager Dave Aldrich. The A's were led at the plate by McGovern who went two for three including a double and an RBI, Caleb Edwards also went two for three with a double and an RBI.

On Tuesday night the Bear River A's sent their right handed ten year old starting pitcher, Nathan Van Patten to the mound in the 23-0 win over the Sierra Foothill Nationals. Van Patten went two and a third to record the win in the mercy rule game. The team's coach stated "from top to bottom out lineup hit."

Giants

The BR Giants hosted the Nevada City Angels and won 11-1 in inter-league action. Clay Corripo started on the hill for the home team going three while giving up one run. Justin Kilgore closed out the final two innings. The Giants were led by Liam Hayes at the plate with two hits while Reid Zoldan, Cameron Kodai, Corripo, Jake Rogers and Kilgore also had hits. Logan Jenkins was hit by a pitch to the head twice and walked once. Reports are Jenkins is fine.

MINORS

The Bear River Cardinals fell to the the Sierra Foothill  A's 7-5. The Cards had their momentum cut short when a runner was called out at home in the third inning and then the Cards left runners at second and third in the fourth and final inning, due to the hard stop. Brennan Schad started for Bear River followed by Caleb Hurst who was relieved after 40 pitches by Adam Malik who closed the game. Sierra Foothill opened the game up with a bases loaded triple by their catcher and BR did not get the runs back. Leading the Cardinals at the plate were Cole Winters and Schad.

Bear River Major's Home Run Race

Justin Kilgore    2

Seth Robinson   1

Caleb Edwards  1

BEAR RIVER A's OVER BR GIANTS

The Bear River Giants jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second frame. Clay Corripo started on the mound for the Giants while Trevor Hennig started for the A's. Peyton McGovern, first baseman for the A's hit a two out two RBI double in the 6th to take the lead at 4-3. Jacob Anderson pitched the last two innings for the A's giving up only one Giant hit earning the win. Corripo was thrown out at third with Logan Jenkins at the plate to finish the game with the final score of 4-3. A's over the Giants.

The Giants will host the Sierra Foothill Angels on Friday night at 7 while the A's will travel to Colfax where they will play the Sierra Foothill Giants at 6 p.m.

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 4/28/2012

Cards and Giants score 55

On Saturday, The Bear River minor Giants hosted and fell to the BR Cardinals with a final score of 30-25 (the game ran 4 hours 20 min). The score was more in line with a football score than baseball. The Cards manager Ralph Hurst handed the ball to his stopper Sydney Bishop, who closed out the game with two strikeouts and a come back ground ball to end the sixth and final inning to earn the win.

Powell leads Yankees

Also in minors, the Bear River Little League Yankees traveled to Applegate ball park and defeated the Sierra Foothill Brewers 11-0 in four innings. The visiting Yankees manager Dave Rogers called on right handed starting pitcher Justin Powell, who recorded 10 strikeouts of a possible 12 outs and earned the win. Bear River was led at the plate by Ray Holcomb who hit a triple. The Yankees will take on the Sierra Foothill Giants Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. on the Bear River major field.

Dodger get out early

The marquee match up in the majors division on Saturday was the Bear River Dodgers vs the Bear River A's. The Dodgers jumped out early with eight runs in the first and the A's chipped away at the lead, but were unable over come the early set back. Pitcher Harry Zea held off the surging A's with the bases loaded in the last inning for the 8-6 win. Also pitching for the Dodgers was starter Bradley Dzioba who gave up one run, Josiah Cregar also gave up one and Elliot Bouchier went one and two thirds giving up three. Leading hitters for the Dodgers were Noah Gravatt who went two for three and Dzioba hit a double. A's starter Trevor Hennig took the loss for the A's while Caleb Edwards and Jacob Anderson pitched well in relief. Both relievers helded the Dodgers scoreless after the first. The Dodgers will look look to take their momentum into their Monday game where they will be taking on the league leading Angels at 7 p.m. While the A's will look to rebound on Tuesday when they square off against the BR Giants at 7 p.m.