Hunter Raley's 7 shutout innings lead Bend to 8-0 victory over Kelowna Falcons
June 30, 2013 - West Coast League (WCL)
Bend Elks News Release
On the last day of June, Bend Elks starter Hunter Raley from Murray State college got the start for Bend and dominated on the day, pitching 7 scoreless innings as the Elks cruised to an 8-0 victory over the Kelowna Falcons.
The Elk scored in 5 of the 8 innings they came to the plate as Kyle Giusti, from Abiliene Christian lead the way, going 4-4 in the game, including a 2 run home run to help put the game away for Bend in the 7th inning.
Bend got on the board in the first inning as Chase Fields lead off the game in the 1st for Bend advanced to 3rd on a Derek Dixon single, and came around to score as Dixon was caught in a rundown, as the Elks jumped to an early 1-0 lead.
2 more runs came across in the 2nd inning as Cullen O'Dwyer walked, Adam Grantham singled, Kyle Giusti came through with an RBI single, and Keach Ballard was retired on an RBI groundout to give Bend a 3-0 lead.
That would prove to be more than enough for Hunter Raley, as the left hander from Texas limited to the Falcons just 3 hits in the ball game, walking three and striking out 8 Kelowna Falcons en route to his first victory for the Elks.
In addition to Giusti, Adam Grantham finished 3-4 as he scored 3 times, Cullen O'Dwyer went 2-4 and scored a pair of runs, and Chase Fields and Ballard drove in 1 run each as the Elks secured a series victory.
Bend will go for the series sweep against Kelowna on Monday in the final game of the 3 game series, first pitch set for 6:35 p.m.
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