Heideman Lifts Gems past Elks 4-3
Published on July 2, 2015 under West Coast League (WCL)
Bend Elks News Release
The Bend Elks fell to the Klamath Falls Gems 4-3 at Kiger Stadium in Klamath Falls Wednesday Night. Gems starting pitcher, Andrew Heideman threw a complete 9 inning game, giving up 3 earned runs from the 11 hits he gave up to the Elks. Tonight the Elks left 7 runners on base. The Elks had a 2-0 lead going into the bottom of the 6th when Gems first baseman Reid Penney blasted a 3 run home run off of Elks starter Jordan Wilcox, giving the Gems the lead for the first time. The Gems were able to plate their 4th and final run in the 7th off of Bend reliever Alex Bush. Wilcox takes the loss, his record is now 3-2 for the season.
A bright spot in the Elks line up was Cooper Hummel who was 3-3 at the plate, with an RBI and is now the number two hitter in the WCL with a .420 batting average for the season. Hummel trails the number 1 batter in the league, Bend Elk Cadyn Grenier, who currently has a .444 average.
The Elks record is now 18-5 for the season and they continue to lead the South Division, now by 6 games over the Medford Rogues who will be in Bend for a 3 game series beginning Friday night, Fireworks Night, at Genna.
The final game, the rubber match of the 3 game series is set for Thursday evening in K-Falls, with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 PM, just after the Tris and Trey pre-game show that begins at 6:15, all the action can be streamed at bendelks.com .
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