Washington High School Baseball - Ballard nips Roosevelt
March 28, 2011: Seattle, WA 98117 The Ballard Beavers (Seattle, WA) baseball nipped the visiting Roosevelt Roughriders (Seattle, WA), 5-4 in Monday's league contest.
Coming up next, the Beavers encounter the Bothell Cougars (Bothell, WA) in a 4A KingCo contest, on Wednesday, March 30. Ballard will attempt to better on its 3-4 season record. The Cougars come into the contest with a 5-2 record after their 3-0 league win over Inglemoor (Kenmore, WA).
The Roughriders now sport a 3-3 record. They play next when they host Woodinville for a 4A KingCo contest on Wednesday, March 30. Roosevelt will face a Falcons team coming off a 9-4 league win over Garfield (Seattle, WA). The Falcons record now stands at 6-1.
Game Summary
Ballard was shut down by Roosevelts starting pitcher Holt, a solo bomb by Maider and trailed 4-1 going into the 6th inning. Thompson for Ballard gave up 3 runs on 3 hits and stuck out 7 but trailed. Ballard got a two out single by Welch to plate two runs to get Ballard down one one. In the 7th back to back doubles by Foor and Guarino tied the game and then Weber had a basehit for the game winner. Jaeger pithced the final two inning for the win.
