Bears fall in series finale to the Dolphins

Saturday, April 19, 2025: Baseball

New Orleans, LA

The Baton Rouge Bears faced the Delgado Dolphins today at Kirsch Rooney Stadium in New Orleans, concluding their four-game series. The Dolphins completed the series sweep with a decisive 6-1 victory.

The Dolphins struck first, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning to take an early lead of 2-0. They added two more runs in the third inning, increasing their advantage to 4-0.

The Bears finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning when Conner Kleinpeter hit a double and later scored after Aidan Machado doubled as well.

Delgado put another run on the board in both the sixth and seventh innings, extending their lead to 6-1. In the eighth inning, the Bears loaded the bases when Dillion Bird and Jake Brouillette hit back-to-back singles, and Kleinpeter reached due to an error. However, the Dolphins managed to record two fly outs and appealed on a tag play at home plate. The umpires ruled that pinch runner Swanson left early, ending the inning and thwarting the Bears' threat.

The Bears fought until the end; Brayden Bertucci and Peyton Chaisson led off the ninth inning with consecutive singles, but both were left stranded. The Dolphins successfully held off another Bears comeback attempt to secure the 6-1 victory.

Cade Robin started on the mound for the Bears and took the loss, pitching 6 innings and allowing 5 runs on 6 hits, while walking 1 and striking out 6. Grayson Davis pitched 2 innings in relief for the Bears. Alex Laiche started for the Dolphins and earned the victory, pitching 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits, walking 3, and striking out 8.

Baton Rouge outhit Delgado 8 to 7, but the Bears committed four errors compared to just one for the Dolphins.

Bears Highlights: 

Dillion Bird went 1 for 2 with 2 HBP 

Jake Brouillette went 1 for 4 

Conner Kleinpeter went 1 for 4 with 1 run 

Aidan Machado went 1 for 3 with 1 RBI 

Brayden Bertucci went 2 for 4 

Peyton Chaisson went 2 for 3 with 1 BB 

With this loss, the Bears fell to 5-39 overall and 1-12 in conference play, while the Dolphins improved to 25-12 and 8-4 in the season. The all-time series record now stands at 96 wins for Delgado and 36 losses for Baton Rouge.

The Bears will return to action on Monday, April 21, when they travel to Lake Charles to take on the San Jacinto Ravens at Joe Miller Ballpark on the McNeese University campus.

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