Bend Pitchers surrender 3 hits, Elks defeat AppleSox 3-0
Published on July 7, 2012 under West Coast League (WCL)
Bend Elks News Release
After taking Thursday off, the Bend Elks look rejuvenated Friday night, playing some of their best baseball of the year in defeating the Wenatchee AppleSox 3-0 at Vince Genna Stadium.
The pitching was lead by Cornell University freshman Brent Jones, who pitched 5 innings of no hit baseball, while walking one and striking out 2. Wenatchee didn't manage a hit until there were two outs in the 7th inning when Taylor Sparks delivered a single off of Derek Peterson to prevent a staff no hitter.
The Elks got on the board early in the game as Darian Ramage, who would score all three of the Elks runs, came around to score on a groundball from Elks third baseman Tommy Pluschkell that was mishandled by Wenatchee shortstop Cade Reiten, giving the Elks an early 1-0 lead.
The Elks would go on to score 2 more runs due in large part to Will Sparks, who delivered an RBI single in the 3rd inning to score Ramage and a Sac Fly to score Darian in the 7th, giving the Elks their final 3-0 margin of victory.
Jordan Spencer pitched a scoreless 9th for the save, his 2nd of the season.
The Elks play 2 games against the Wenatchee AppleSox Saturday beginning at 5:05 p.m. Both games will be 7 inning contests.
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