Bird Dawgs Battle Back But Fall Short to Miners
August 9, 2025 - Frontier League (FL)
Down East Bird Dawgs News Release
Down East Bird Dawgs on game night
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Bird Dawgs Battle Back but Fall Short to Miners Masterman's three-run homer narrows gap before Miners seal 6-4 win [A baseball player throwing a ball AI-generated content may be incorrect.] KINSTON, N.C. - The Down East Bird Dawgs rallied late but couldn't overcome an early deficit, falling 6-4 to the Sussex County Miners on Saturday at Grainger Stadium for their eighth straight loss.
Sussex County opened the scoring in the first inning when Mahki Backstrom hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Dom Johnson after his leadoff triple.
Down East answered in the second when Ali LaPread doubled to drive in a run to make it 1-1.
The Miners scored three runs in the third and added another in the seventh to take a 5-1 lead.
Cameron Masterman cut the deficit to one in the eighth with a three-run homer, but Johnson doubled in the ninth to add insurance and halt the Bird Dawgs momentum to give the Miners a 6-4 win.
Drew Henderson (3-3) took the loss, allowing four runs on five hits while striking out five over five innings
Jackson Balzan (6-5) earned the win, giving up one run on four hits and seven walks across 5 1/3 innings. Tyler Luneke notched his seventh save with a perfect ninth.
With the loss, the Bird Dawgs are now 29-47 as they look to avoid the sweep against the Miners on Sunday, August 10, at 1:30 p.m.
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