WCL Bellingham Bells

Pippins Outlast Bellingham

Published on July 14, 2016 under West Coast League (WCL)
Bellingham Bells News Release


The Bellingham Bells (17-15) fell to the Yakima Valley Pippins (21-14) 4-1 Wednesday night at Yakima County Stadium.

Yakima scored four runs in the fifth inning to overcome a Bellingham 1-0. They never surrendered the lead again.

Bellingham opened the scoring in the fifth. Elijah Skipps slapped a single into centerfield and moved to third on a Matt Ruff double. Following a Gunnar Schubert flyout, Justin Polzin lofted a single into left field that drove in Skipps and gave the Bells a 1-0 lead.

The Pippins used four hits and a hit batsman in the fifth inning to cross four runs.

Connor Johnson (2-2) earned his sixth start of the summer, and tossed five and a third innings allowing four runs and fanning two. Bellingham native Josh Zavisubin worked two and two thirds innings while striking out four Pippin batters.

Gavin Velasquez (5-2) earned his fifth win of the summer, pitching eight innings of one run baseball for Yakima Valley.

The Bells return to the field tomorrow against the Yakima Valley Pippins. First pitch will be thrown a 7:05, with pre-game coverage starting at 6:35 with Tom Prizeman on https://mixlr.com/bellinghambells

The Bells return home on Friday July 15th for the first game of a three game set against the Walla Walla Sweets. To purchase tickets visit http://bellinghambells.com/home/ or call (367) 527-1035.

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