Bird Dawgs Drop Finale, Split Series with Jackals
Published on August 21, 2025 under Frontier League (FL)
Down East Bird Dawgs News Release
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(Down East Bird Dawgs)
KINSTON, N.C - The Down East Bird Dawgs settled for a series split Thursday night, falling 8-2 to the New Jersey Jackals at Historic Grainger Stadium.
New Jersey jumped in front in the first when Isaac Bellony doubled to drive in a run, and Jimmy Costin followed with an RBI single. The Jackals added another in the second as Ryan Ford singled to make it 3-0.
Elias Stevens put the Bird Dawgs on the board in the third with a solo home run, but New Jersey broke the game open with five runs in the fourth to stretch the lead to 8-1.
Down East scored its final run in the eighth on a Yassel Pino sacrifice fly.
Drew Henderson (4-4) took the loss, allowing seven earned runs on 13 hits with four strikeouts over four innings.
Anthony Leak (2-2) earned the win for New Jersey, striking out 10 and allowing just one run on four hits through seven innings.
With the loss, the Bird Dawgs fell to 34-52 and remain at home Friday to open their final homestand of the season against the New York Boulders.
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