More on the Brooke Point, Riverbend Game

More on the game at Virginia Preps - Brooke Point and Riverbend battle for regional bid, full report by Leonard Pumphrey. Excerpt follows:

... The Bears from Riverbend registered the first three runs of the game. The scoring started in the second inning. Taylor Fennewald kicked off the inning with a double to the opposite field. Nathaniel Traugh followed that up with a single up the middle plating Fennewald. Traugh worked his way around to third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Garrett Rioux.

In the fifth inning Riverbend added a run with a single, then a force out followed by a double by Nick Lacik. No more scoring occurred and going into the bottom of the 5th the Bears held a comfortable 3-0 lead. The Blackhawks started their come back in the bottom of the frame. With two out David Dilegge and J,J. McDaniel each singled. Travis Cole then delivered the big blow of the night a 3 run homer to dead center field. The inning ended with the scored tied at 3.

In the bottom of the sixth, Brooke Point scored the winning runs. The inning started harmlessly with a pop to short. The second batter than struck out, but made it to first when the catcher threw the ball high to first after not catching the pitch. Drew Bell then walked, and Ryan Carder followed with a single to load the bases. David Dilegge then followed with a sharp liner just past the shortstop who was playing on the infield grass. JJ McDaniel then walked allowing the 5th run to score.

As most games go the Bears would not go quietly, they put two men on before a pop out to second ended the game. Final score Brooke Point 5 Riverbend 3...