The Bunker Hill Bears will challenge the West Lincoln Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bunker Hill knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten runs or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully West Lincoln likes a good challenge.
If Bunker Hill beats West Lincoln with 13 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Bunker Hill blew past West Caldwell 13-3 on Friday. With that victory, the Bears brought their scoring average up to 6.6 runs per game.
Braydon Marlowe
| 03/28/25 vs West Caldwell | 2 |
| 03/25/25 @ Lincolnton | 1 |
| 03/18/25 @ Maiden | 1 |
| 03/11/25 @ West Lincoln | 1 |
| 03/07/25 @ West Caldwell | 1 |
Braydon Marlowe and Ross Fickling made a big impact no matter where they played. On the mound, Marlowe struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off only one hit. Meanwhile, Fickling tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Bunker Hill is 5-1 when Marlowe allowsone or fewer hits, but 3-5 otherwise. At the plate, Marlowe scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-3, while Fickling went 3-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and one double. Those two stolen bases gave Marlowe a new career-high.
In other batting news, Kamden Bortz and Corey Canipe did most of the damage at the plate: Bortz scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Canipe scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Bortz has become a key player for Bunker Hill: the team is 6-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 2-5 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Eckard, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.
Bunker Hill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, West Lincoln entered their contest against Maiden on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. West Lincoln fell just short of Maiden by a score of 4-3. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since May 2, 2023, but that streak is no more.
Bunker Hill's win bumped their record up to 8-6. As for West Lincoln, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.
Bunker Hill came up short against West Lincoln in their previous meeting on March 11th, falling 7-4. Will Bunker Hill have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
