Portland scored 8 runs with 2 outs in the  first inning and that sealed the fate for the Bulldogs. It was a high scoring game with Portland collected 17 hits & Ionia collected 14 hits in the 17-10 Portland victory. Kaidence Thomas led things off in the circle and lasted one & 2/3 innings, allowing 10 hits and 12 runs, Victoria Guiterrez threw the rest of the game & gave up 7 hits and 5 runs, walking 5. Kaidence Thomas went 2 for 3, scoring 3 runs. Senior Londyn Brown went 3 for 5, scoring 2 runs and collecting 2 RBI's. The following players were all 2 for 4: Melayna Braman, Kamryn Perry, Kennedy Batista & Emma White. We are still working on cutting down on errors as we committed 3 costly errors in this game. 

The Bulldogs walked away with the 5-4 Win in the second game, we finally grabbed the lead in the bottom of the 6th inning.  This is the first game that senior short stop Mel Braman pitched this year, she went 7 innings giving up 9 hits & 4 runs, striking out 3. Portland pitcher B. Spitzley took the loss, giving up 11 hits and 5 runs, striking out 5. 3 Bulldogs went 2 for 3: Senior Mel Braman & Juniors Tori Gutierrez & Allyson Strasser.  Still looking to clean things up on defense as we committed 4 errors in this win.

We travel to Eaton Rapids tomorrow to keep working on our game.

Go Blue!!