Jonny McGill – photo by Jacob Mallari
British Columbia swept a doubleheader vs. Bushnell before a good
crowd on a nice day at Tourmaline West Stadium on the UBC campus.
British Columbia
10, Bushnell 9 at Vancouver,
BC. In a back-and-forth game, the Beacons took a 9-8 lead in the top
of the eighth with a two-RBI double by Will Hudler. However,
Thunderbird reliever Evan Hoegler retired the Beacons in order in the
top of the ninth. Kaden Zarowny opened the bottom of the ninth with a
double. The Thunderbirds sent in Hilo Yamamoto to pinch-hit, and he
bunted Zarowny to third base. Jonny McGill hit a double to score
Zarowny and tie the game. The next batter was Trent Lenihan, and he
hit a single to score McGill and win it.
Austin
Wolfe started for the Beacons, and held the Thunderbirds hitless for
three innings. The Beacons got on the board in the top of the second
inning with a two-RBI single by Reece Carganilla. In the top of the
fourth, courtesy runner Caleb Richter tried to go home on a single
by Carganilla, and was gunned down with a throw from Middlemiss in
right field to Aidan Rose at second base to catcher Russell Young.
The Thunderbirds took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth with an
RBI single by Trent Lenihan and a two-run home run by Mitchell
Middlemiss. They added three more runs in the fifth with a home run
by Kaden Zarowny and a two-run home run by Jonny McGill. In the top
of the sixth, Richter was caught stealing with a throw from Young to
second base.
The
top of the seventh should have ended with a double play, but a
not-very-good throw allowed the inning to continue, and the Beacons
tied it 6-6 with an RBI single by Max Richards, a run scored on a
passed ball, and a two-RBI single by Nate Stevens, all with two outs.
The Thunderbirds took the lead again in the bottom of the seventh
with an RBI double by McGill.
Thunderbird
starter Will Anderson went six innings, and struck out nine, allowed
two runs on ten hits. Hoegler got the win; he pitched 2 1/3 innings,
allowed three runs on four hits, struck out two. Alec Gums, who faced
four batters in the ninth inning, got the loss, although it was Dylan
Ha who gave up Lenihan’s game-winning hit. McGill finished 4-for-5
with a home run, a triple, two doubles, and five RBI. Cade Crist and
Richards both finished 3-for-4 for the Beacons, and Carganilla
finished 3-for-5. box
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Aaron Marsh – photo by Brad Lapp
British Columbia
9, Bushnell 7. The Thunderbirds
opened the scoring with an RBI double by Aaron Marsh in the bottom of
the first. The Beacons took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third with a
two-run home run by Kolby Amaral that went a long
way. The Thunderbirds took a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the third on a
two-run home run by Trent Lenihan and a solo home run by Marsh.
Cade
Crist hit an RBI single in the top of the fourth. The inning should
have ended with a strikeout, but a bad call allowed the inning to
continue, and the Beacons tied it 4-4 with an RBI single by Nate
Stevens. They took the lead in the top of the fifth with an RBI
single by Crist, but the Thunderbirds took the lead (a slim one) for
good in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single by Marsh, a
sacrifice fly by Mitchell Middlemiss, and David Draayers getting an
RBI by reaching on a fielder’s choice.
The
top of the sixth ended with a great catch
by Kellen Bourne in right field. The Thunderbirds increased the lead
to 8-5 in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single by Marsh, but
they left the bases loaded. The Beacons closed to 8-7 in the top of
the seventh on RBI singles by Ethan Stacy and Jacob Richardson, but
the Thunderbirds got out of the inning with a timely double play. The
Thunderbirds got an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh on a
solo home run by Jonny McGill. James Brock then took the mound for
the Thunderbirds for the final two innings; he didn’t allow a hit,
and struck out four of the eight batters he faced.
Ryan
Heppner started for the Thunderbirds, and got the win. He pitched
five innings, allowed five runs on eight hits, struck out five, threw
100 pitches. Adam Khan pitched the sixth and seventh innings, allowed
one earned run on three hits, struck out one. Ethan Sachs, who
pitched the fifth inning, got the loss. Marsh finished 5-for-5 with a
home run, two doubles, and four RBI. Stacy, Crist, Amaral, and
Stevens each had two hits for the Beacons. box
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