The Ionia JV boys baseball team beat Belding 5-4 in both games tonight. 
 

In the first game Lance Atkinson started on the mound and pitched a complete game going 5 innnings allowing 3 earned runs and 3 strikeouts. Offensively the team was led by Tyson McDiarmid, Matthew McCoy, and Kolson Daughtery who all had multiple hits today. Kolson Daughtery drove in the game winning run in the bottom of the 5th to score Tyson McDiarmid from 3rd.  
 

Gage Flanner pitched in the night cap going 4 and 2/3rd innings giving up 2 earned runs and pitching 3 strikeouts. Lance Atkinson came in for the relief with 2 outs in the top of the 5th striking out his only faced batter. Offensively Matthew McCoy had the hot hand again as he went 2-2 with 2 singles. Garrett Lee, Gage Flanner, Tyson McDiarmid, Travis Cooper, and Lance Atkinson all contributed with 1 hit as well. Gage Flanner hit the walk off in this game with a line drive to right field scoring Austin Murphy from 3rd and Garrett Lee from 2nd. 
 

The Bulldogs are 14-11 and will travel to Holt on Thursday May 20th to play @4pm