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Bears win slugfest in opener, split with 5th-ranked Delgado

By: Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information
Reed James vs. Delgado
Chuck Barnes

Baseball | 4/2/2015 8:31:00 AM

Box Score--Game 1
Box Score--Game 2

The Southwest Bears survived a slugfest to defeat the visiting Delgado Dolphins 11-9 Wednesday afternoon. Delgado, ranked 5th in the latest NJCAA Division 1 poll, came back to gain a split in the non-conference doubleheader with a 15-3 win in the nightcap.
 
Down 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning of game one, the Bears used doubles from Walt Aldridge, Ross Buckley and Dylan Spiers, along with the first of two L.D. Coney hits, score five runs with two outs and take a 5-2 lead.
 
With Duncan Cornfoot's solo homer, the first of his two hits in the game, leading the way, the Bears added three more runs in the third inning to stretch their lead to 8-2.
 
Four hits, a walk and an error resulted in four runs for the Dolphins (22-10) in the top of the fourth to make the score 8-6. The Bears got the run back, and made the score 9-6, when Brady Anderson's second hit of the game scored Trent Gordy in the bottom of the frame.
 
The score was 11-8 after five innings of play. The Dolphins scored two in the top of the inning on two hits, a walk and an error while Buckley's two-run blast over the left field wall accounted for the Bears' runs.
 
The Dolphins added a run in their half of the sixth, but it would not be enough as the Bears (11-15) held on for the win.
 
Sam Richard pitched four innings, allowing six runs (only two earned) on eight hits and a walk, to pick up the win for the Bears. He also struck out a batter. Brady Badon recorded the save, striking out two and giving up two hits, with an inning on the mound.
 
Spiers added a single in the game while Gordy also hit safely.
 
The Bears took a 1-0 lead in the second inning of game two when a bases-loaded walk to Spiers scored
Kaleb Clarke, on base via a single.
 
Down 3-1, the Bears made it 3-2 in the bottom of the third when another bases-loaded walk, this one to Anderson, allowed Buckley to cross the plate.
 
The Dolphins scored three runs in the fourth and six in the fifth to extend their lead to 12-2. The Bears then made it 12-3 when Clarke led off the bottom of the fifth with a long ball over the left field fence.
 
That would be it in the game for the Bears as the Dolphins added three more runs in the top of the sixth and went on to pick up the win.
 
Charlie Waddingham surrendered six runs, three earned, and eight hits in 3.2 innings to take the loss for the Bears. He struck out two batters.
 
Tanner Whittington had two hits in the game for the Bears while Buckley and Gordy also hit safely.
 
The Bears are scheduled to return to conference play on Friday with a trip to Senatobia to face the Northwest Rangers. Game one is set for a 2:00 first pitch.
 
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Players Mentioned

Brady Badon

#3 Brady Badon

RHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
Sam Richard

#5 Sam Richard

P/INF
6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
L.D. Coney

#7 L.D. Coney

OF
5' 9"
Freshman
R/R
Ross Buckley

#9 Ross Buckley

P/OF
6' 1"
Freshman
L/R
Dylan Spiers

#14 Dylan Spiers

P/INF
5' 10"
Freshman
R/R
Brady Anderson

#16 Brady Anderson

INF
5' 10"
Freshman
L/R
Walt Aldridge

#18 Walt Aldridge

C
5' 7"
Freshman
R/R
Trent Gordy

#20 Trent Gordy

C
6' 0"
Sophomore
L/R
Kaleb Clarke

#23 Kaleb Clarke

P/C
6' 1"
Freshman
R/R
Tanner Whittington

#26 Tanner Whittington

INF
6' 0"
Freshman
L/R

Players Mentioned

Brady Badon

#3 Brady Badon

6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Sam Richard

#5 Sam Richard

6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
P/INF
L.D. Coney

#7 L.D. Coney

5' 9"
Freshman
R/R
OF
Ross Buckley

#9 Ross Buckley

6' 1"
Freshman
L/R
P/OF
Dylan Spiers

#14 Dylan Spiers

5' 10"
Freshman
R/R
P/INF
Brady Anderson

#16 Brady Anderson

5' 10"
Freshman
L/R
INF
Walt Aldridge

#18 Walt Aldridge

5' 7"
Freshman
R/R
C
Trent Gordy

#20 Trent Gordy

6' 0"
Sophomore
L/R
C
Kaleb Clarke

#23 Kaleb Clarke

6' 1"
Freshman
R/R
P/C
Tanner Whittington

#26 Tanner Whittington

6' 0"
Freshman
L/R
INF