Bears fall to nationally ranked Northwest Florida State

Wednesday February 10, 2021

Baseball

Niceville, FL      

After a long bus trip to Florida and a weather delay the Bears and the Raiders were finally able to play one nine inning game this evening.

The Bears would jump out the gates early and score two runs, in the first, to take the early 2-0 lead.  William Veillon would lead off and reach by being hit by a pitch. Veillon would later score on a William Dunn single to centerfield.  Dunn would score the Bears second on a single to the shortstop by catcher Alex Guilbeau. The Raiders would tie the game at two, in the second inning, via a two-run homer by C. Nichols. The Raiders would take the lead, in the third inning, with two runs, to take a 4 to 2 lead.  The Bears would respond and retake the lead, in the fourth inning, with 3 runs of their own. Deionte Norris would start things off with an infield single. Creed David would reach by being hit by a pitch.  Both guys would score on a William Veillon infield single. Nathan Carriere would single to centerfield driving in Veillon and the Bears third run of the inning. Again, the Raiders would retake the lead with two runs of their own in the fourth inning.  After four innings, the Raiders held a 6 to 5 lead.

Unfortunately for the Bears, over the next five innings their bats would go silent and could not mustard another run, while the Raiders would add five more runs to their lead to take the 11 to 5 victory.

Both teams scattered eight hits in the game.  The Bears were credited with 2 errors.

Thomas Wilhite started on the mound for the Raiders. Thomas pitched 3.2 innings allowing 4 runs on 5hits while striking out 4. Cole Harper started the game on the mound for the Bears. Cole pitched 2.1 innings allowing 4 runs on 2 hits while walking 3 and striking out 3. Drew Blanchard, Peter Holden, Dane Wise, Luke Evans, and Hunter Dupuy all pitched in relief for the Bears.

With the victory Northwest Florida State College improves to 6-2 on the season, while Baton Rouge falls to 3-6.

Bears Highlights

William Veillon went 1 for 4 with 2 Runs, and 2 RBIs.

Nathan Carriere went 1 for 5 with 1 RBI.

William Dunn went 2 for 4 with 1 run and 1 RBI.

Blaise Foote went 1 for 4.

Alex Guilbeau went 1 for 4 with 1 RBI.

Cody Crifasi went 1 for 2.

Deionte Norris went 1 for 2 with 1 BB and 1 Run.

The Bears will finally return home this weekend for their open homer versus the St. Louis Archers this Saturday February 13 starting at 1 pm