Game 1: Ionia clinches lead in the 8th inning to defeat Corunna 10- 8. Ionia was down 6 - 4 in the top of the 7th inning when Raj Esquivel homered on a 0-2 count , scoring 2 runs to tie the game and go into extra innings. Ionia went on to score 4 runs in the 8th inning winning the game 10 - 8. Chloe Witter toed the rubber and went 5 innings, allowing 4 runs on 9 hits and striking out one. Raj Esquivel came in out of center field and threw the final 3 innings allowing 4 hits and 4 runs, striking out 2.  The Bulldogs collected 15 hits  led by Junior Raj Esquivel going 4 for 5 with 4 RBI's and scoring 4 runs, Londyn Brown & Kam Perry each went 2 for 4, Senior Erin Groom & Junior Melayna Braman each went 2 for 5. 

Game 2: Walk-Off Seals the win for Waverly 11 - 10. The Bulldogs lost despite out hitting Waverly 13 - 10 but, we also played sloppping and committed 6 costly errors. Melayna Braman was in the circle and allowed 11 runs on 10 hits, striking out 5 and walking one.  The Bulldogs racked up 13 hits led by Braman  going 3 for 4 with an RBI, Rachel Siemen, Kam Perry & Londyn Brown each went 2 for 4.

Game 3: Groom Drives in four runs as Ionia Wins over  Williamston 11 - 4. Sophomore Victoria Gutierrez toed the rubber and went 4 and a  third innnings allowing 3 runs on 3 hits striking out 2. Junior Melayna Braman came off short stop and threw 2.2 innings in relief, allowing one run on 2 hits. Ionia racked up 14 hits led by Catcher Erin Groom going 3 for 3 with 4 RBI's, Melayna Braman also went 3 for 3 scoring 3 runs, Kam Perry went 3 for 4 collecting 2 RBI's and scoring 2 runs.

Reflecting back on the games today we did alot of nice things and we are giving that extra effort to make plays and stay in the games and compete but, we need to just make the routine plays as well and be a little smarter on the base paths. The Bulldogs are an exciting team to watch and the season is flying by so, I expect Big things from this team as we travel to Lansing Catholic on Tuesday and then host Waverly on Thursday and we are hosting a tournament on Sat. the 14th. The bulldogs are now 10 & 8 and hungry for more Wins! #goblue