Friday March 9, 2018 : Baseball
Baton Rouge,LA
With the game tied at 5, in the bottom of the seventh inning, some late game magic by the Bears propelled them to a 6 to 5 walk off win versus Hinds Community College. The Bears capitalized on Hinds' defensive miscues, a solid pitching performance and some timely hitting by Cameron Crawford to grab the victory this afternoon at Pete Goldsby Field.
Hinds would score first with two runs in the first innings. The Eagles started the game with back to back hits off Bear's pitcher Keith Meier. BRCC would score two runs of their own in the bottom of the first to tie the game at two. Seth Daugherty would led off with a single to the shortstop. Tyler Caston would lay down a bunt and reach on an error. Hunter David would then single to centerfield scoring Daugherty and Caston.
The Eagles would add a run in the third inning to take a 3 to2 lead.
Baton Rouge would respond,in the fourth inning, with two runs to take a 4 to 3 lead. It would start when Garrett Barrilleaux walked and Kolby Blanchard bunted the ball and reached on an error. With runners on second and third, Hind's pitcher would throw a wild pitch that would score Barrilleaux. Seth Daugherty would lay down a perfect bunt to get on base without a throw and Blanchard would score in the process.
BRCC would score another run, in the fifth inning, to extend their lead to 5 to 3. Hunter David opened the inning with a double and would score on a Garrett Barrilleaux single to centerfield.
Hinds would not quit and tied the game in the seventh with a two run homerun by L.Clement.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Lee Whitaker led off with a double and Hinds intentionally walked Hunter David. Cameron Crawford stepped up to the plate and hit a single to left field that would score Lee Whitaker from second base and allow the Bears to walk off with a victory. Again the final score was Bears 6 and Eagles 5.
Keith Meier picked up the victory for the Bears pitching a complete game.
Bears Highlights:
Seth Daugherty went 2 for 4 with 1 Run and 1 RBI
Hunter David went 2 for 2 with 1 Run, 2RBIs and 2 walks
Cameron Crawford went 1 for 4 with 1 RBI
Garrett Barrilleaux went 1 for 2 with 1 Run,1 RBI and 1 walk
Keith Meier pitched 7 innings allowing 5 runs on 11 hits and striking out 10
The Bears will be back in action later this evening at 6 pm versus Nunez Community College.
