Six games were played at the Ionia "field of dreams" today. Ionia lost to St. Johns 2-8,  Greenville & Hopkins ended in an extra inning 7-7 tie, Ionia lost to Greenville 5-9, Hopkins beat St. Johns 8-3, Ionia beat Hopkins 10-8 in extra innings & St. Johns lost to Greenville 11-3.

The Bulldogs struggled to wake the bats up for the 10 a.m. game vs. St. Johns, offensive hi-lite was senior Chloe Witter going 2 for 2 with 1 RBI. Tori Guiterrez lasted 2.1 innings giving up 5 runs on 2 hits & 4 walks. Kaidence Thomas threw the next 4.2 innings giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. 

The Bulldogs played better in the noon game vs. Greenville and we had 9 hits, led by Kaidence Thomas going 3 for 4 scoring 3 runs, Mel Braman went 2 for 4 collecting 4 RBI's and scored a run. Tori Guiterrez threw 1 inning giving up 6 runs on 3 hits with 3 walks. Kaidence Thomas threw the rest of the game, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. 

The Bulldogs put everything together for the final game vs. Hopkins and Clinched the lead in the 8th inning. Kaidence Thomas threw all 8 innings and gave up 17 hits, 8 runs, Walked zero and had 5 giant strike outs. Kaidence had 2 hits & scored one run, Mel Braman had 2 hits & drew a walk, scoring 2 runs and collecting 2 RBI's. Kam Perry had 2 hits and one of them was a Big Double in the 8th inning scoring 2 runs. Allyson Strasser also had 2 hits with an RBI and scored 2 runs. 

It turned out to be a really nice tourney,  good competition,  quality umpires, the Ionia "field of dreams" was in great shape! Thanks to everyone that made this all possible!! I see you and I appreciate everyone! My coaches,  everyone that raked the fields, everyone that brought food, Maddie B. for running Game Changer,  Kim Perry the voice of home games, etc...

The Bulldogs host Charlotte Tuesday

Go Blue