Hockey / Recap: Trappers 14, Big Sticks 2

Recap: Trappers 14, Big Sticks 2

Date:  Source: Pierre Trappers

Let's get right to it.

In the first inning, starter AJ Fell worked out of a jam with the bases loaded. The righty got Garret Dupuis to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat and keep the score 0-0. 

In the bottom of the first, the Trappers scored three runs, starting with a leadoff single by Michael Herrera. Then, after two quick outs, Badlands starter Tyler Chipman walked two Trappers before Ken Scott delivered with an RBI single. Chipman would walk another two batters, and it was 3-0 after one. 

Pierre doubled their lead in the second. In the frame, Chipman walked two batters and gave up an RBI double to second baseman Billy Moreland, making it 6-0 after two.

Again, in the third and in the fourth, the Trappers put another three spot on the board. In the bottom of the third frame, Niko Piazza recorded and  single and scored shortly after when four batters in a row were walked. In the fourth frame, Nick Grossman uncorked a two RBI single, and after frou-frou, it was already 12-0. 

Throughout the rest of the game, both teams would score two runs, and Badlands continued to hit the ball yard. Both Gabe Knowles and Nathan Sanders tattered blasts, Knowles with one in the sixth and Sander's blast coming in the ninth. 

But Pierre took the cake, 14-2, were walked 17 times, and came away even in the four game series with a dominant victory. AJ Fell picked up the victory, his first of the season, after allowing just four hits and no runs through five innings on the bump.

WP: Fell (1-1)    LP: Chipman (5-2)    

Next Game: July 19th @ Badlands (7:05)