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April 18, 2022
Bulldogs splits series with Bells
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Howe Head Coach Cody Nitson talks to his Bulldogs after a slow start on Tuesday afternoon at home against Bells. Photo by Michelle Carney. Howe junior Austin Haley continued his pitching excellence by allowing only one run to Bells in a complete game, 85-pitch, effort. He struck out nine hitters in seven innings and allowed five hits to the Panthers who scored their lone run in the first inning. Haley got some help from the bats as fellow junior Carson Daniels hit two doubles (one which was a ground rule double) and walked. Parker Pecina tied the game, 1-1, in the third inning with a dinger over the left field wall. Daniels led off the fourth with a double and later scored to put the Dogs on top 2-1 and effectively became the winning run. Ryan Hough doubled home Ethan Lopez two innings later for a 3-1 lead. Clinging to the 2-run lead entering the top half of the seventh, Howe got a
leadoff double by Luke Lopez. He later scored when Haley and Daniels followed with a doubles of their own. Haley added the fifth and final run. On Tuesday, things weren’t quite as clean as Howe gave up four runs in the first inning as the first five Panther batters reached safely on base hits. In the second inning, Bells added another four runs on four hits and two walks. Bells added two runs in the third and five in the fourth. Howe got on the board in the third inning with three runs scored. Singles by Matt Hayes and Luke Catching and doubles from Garren Lankford and Luke Lopez produced the runs. The Bulldogs added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth with a Luke Lopez single and an Austin Haley triple.
Senior Kaleb McNutt puts a tag on a Bells player in Tuesday’s game at home. Photo by Michelle Carney.
Daniels was the starting pitcher and threw 53 pitches before being relieved by Hayes who tosses the final 68 pitches.
