March 27, 2008

The bats of the Hood River Valley baseball team continued to get plenty of work against West Albany on Monday, but it was not enough to stave off a game winning rally by the Bulldogs in an 8-7 loss for the Eagles.

After the Eagles scored three runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead, the Bulldogs were able to put two across in the bottom of the inning to win the game.

HRV took an early 2-0 lead in the second inning, and then added two more in the top of the fourth. However, West Albany used a run in the second and two in the third and fifth innings to take a 5-4 lead. After West Albany added another run in the sixth, the Eagles came up to their final chance at the plate needing to get something started.

Jimmy Gilkerson led of the seventh with a single and was bunted to second by Keanu Webb. Jordan Bryant followed that by reaching first on a catcher interference call.

Brandon Nelson then drove in Gilkerson with a single and Nelson and Bryant both advanced on a passed ball.

After Thomas Nickel struck out, Elliott Sherrell brought home both runners with an RBI double off the outfield field that put the Eagles in front.

The lead proved to be short lived though as the Bulldogs put across the tying and winning runs in the bottom half of the inning.

At the plate the Eagles were paced by his two hits and two RBI. Travis Carratt also drove in two runs for the Eagles.

The Eagles now head to the Bucks Bags Classic in Idaho for four games before returning to Hood River to face Summit in an April Fools day showdown on April 1.