BROOKINGS – After falling 16-8 in the first game of a doubleheader with Harrisburg, the Bombers Gray rallied but came up short, 11-9, in Game 2 at Mickelson Field on Monday.
The Bombers travel to Watertown on Wednesday for a doubleheader that starts at noon.
• Harrisburg 16, Brookings 8
The visitors used 10 hits, seven walks and six Gray errors to cruise to a win in the opening game.
Gray overcame a 4-1 deficit with two runs in the third; three in the fourth and then a single run in the fifth to lead 7-4, but Harrisburg scored 12 in the sixth escape with the win.
Braden Clifford the offense with three hits, including a triple, to go along with an RBI while Logan Stotz finished with two runs batted in on a single and two walks. Magnus Nelson also drove in two with a single and a walk.
Clifford suffered the loss in relief of Garrett Bothe. Bothe surrendered four runs – one earned – on four hits and a walk, with eight strikeouts over five innings.
Clifford relieved in the sixth and walked three straight batters – all which scored.
Gavin Fixsen mopped up and allowed nine runs – one earned – on six hits and three walks with one K.
HARRISBURG 16, BROOKINGS 8
Harrisburg 202 00(12) – 16 10 2
Brookings 102 311 – 8 5 6
Harrisburg battery unavailable; Garrett Bothe, Braden Clifford (6), Gavin Fixsen (6) and Braden Clifford, Logan Stotz (6), Braden Clifford (6). L – Clifford. 3B: B, Braden Clifford.
• Harrisburg 11, Brookings 9
The visitors built a 9-1 lead after an innings and a half before Gray came back to challenge with a five-run second.
Harrisburg tacked on two more in the third and the Bombers’ comeback fell short as they managed just four runs to the final margin as the game ended early by time limit.
Brookings had three hits reports – singles by Fixsen and Nelson – as Logan Stotz hit a double through the first two innings. Quinn Miller was credited with an RBI.
** Third inning stats were unavailable.
HARRISBURG 11, BROOKINGS 9
Harrisburg 182 – 11
Brookings 153 – 9
Harrisburg battery unavailable; Logan Stotz, Brayton Mack (2), Dillen Sheeley (2) and Braden Clifford. L – Stotz. 2B: B, Logan Stotz.
Register photo: Garrett Bothe delivers a pitch to the plate during the second inning of the Bombers’ Gray’s 16-8 loss to Harrisburg in the first game of a doubleheader on Monday at Mickelson Field. The visitors made it a sweep with an 11-9 win in the nightcap.
