The Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Bobcats put the tying run on second base in the top of the seventh inning with two outs, but the Brownstown/St. Elmo Bombers held on for a 3-2 win on Wednesday afternoon at Bob Page Field. After two and a half scoreless innings, the Bombers got on the board first when Dodge Willms broke the tie with an RBI single to make it 1-0. BSE added a run in the fourth inning off a Nolan Wilhour single to score courtesy runner Calvin Voelker making it 2-0. The Bombers added one more run in the fifth inning after Willms reached on an error to score Keelan Speagle to give BSE a 3-0 lead. The Bobcats would not go away quietly in the top of the seventh however after the first two runners reached base, Isaac Wells would hit a sacrifice fly to score Kyle Lamb to cut the deficit to 3-1. One batter later, Blake Mueller would double to score Connor Vaughn making it a 3-2 game, but Speagle would get a strikeout to secure the Bombers with the 3-2 win. The win improves BSE to 6-12 on the season. They will have Senior Day on Thursday when they take on Christ Our Rock Lutheran. CHBC falls to 5-12 on the season. They will travel to Louisville on Thursday to take on North Clay.
BSE Offense:
Keelan Speagle – 1-1, 2 R
Jayce Gillespie – 1-3
Dodge Willms – 2-3, 2 RBI
Nolan Wilhour – 1-3, 1 RBI
CHBC Offense:
Blake Mueller – 2-4, 1 RBI
Clive Schlanser – 1-3
Kyle Lamb – 1-3, 1 R
Connor Vaughn – 0-2, 1 R
Isaac Wells – 0-1, 1 RBI
BSE Pitching:
Calin Chandler – 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 8 K
Keelan Speagle – 1 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K
CHBC Pitching:
Clive Schlanser – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 6 K
