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

HURST LEADS BEAR RIVER CARDINALS

Cardinal's winning pitcher Caleb Hurst

The Bear River Cardinals traveled to Applegate Ball Fields for a contest Thursday evening against Sierra Foothill Brewers and returned home with a 9 -2 win in a five inning . Sydny Bishop started on the mount for the visitors. Caleb Hurst came in relief striking out five of the six batters he faced to earn the win. Adam Malik pitched the final two frames also striking out five to finish the game for Cardinals manager Ralph Hurst. Bear River broke the game open in the second with the Cardinals hitting the 5 run rule with bases loaded. Caleb Hurst went three for three and Zachary Hurst hit a bomb RBI double, but was caught trying to stretch it for a triple for the Cards. Luke Barrieau and Jacob Ayestaran hit singles and Malik stole home twice while no one was looking. The season started slow for the Cardinals, but it looks as if it's manager's plan is beginning to playoff.

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.