BULLDOG ATHLETIC CLUB

Colton Hiles threw a 131 pitch complete game to get the win fanning 8 while scattering 7 hits. 

The Bulldogs started slow with 3 up 3 down in the first.  The scoring started early for Wilder however, as their lead off hitter drove the first pitch of the game down 3^rd baseline for a double, advanced to 3^rd on a wild pitch and then scored on a sac fly to left field.  Hiles then struck out the number 2 hitter but hit the next batter with a pitch.  Pat Meisenheimer threw out the runner two pitches later as he tried to steal second.

In the top of the 2nd inning, the Bulldogs left the bases loaded with no score.   In the bottom of the 2^nd, Wilder threatened to score again.  With a runner on first and 1 out, Wilder’s number 7 hitter singled to right moving the base runner to 3^rd, but the batter tried to stretch the single and was thrown out at second by right fielder Kamron Trout. With the runner on 3^rd, the next hitter grounded out to short to end the inning.  In the bottom of the 3^rd inning, Wilder added another run to make the lead 2 - 0. 

In the top of the 4^th inning, with one out, short stop Kevin Ricker singled in the six hole and Bryant Van Engelenburg drew a walk.  With 2 on, Kevin Toal came to the plate and drove the ball out of Civic Stadium for a 3 run homer to give the Bulldogs a 1 run lead.  Wilder answered in the bottom of the frame with one run to tie the game at 3.

In the top half of the 5^th inning, Andy Racus hit a solo homer to take a 4 – 3 lead but Wilder came back with 2 runs in the bottom of 5 to take the lead 5 – 4.

In the 6^th inning, Van Engelenburg led off with a single and Wilder made a pitching change to a right handed reliever.   Toal reached on error and Meisenheimer walked to load the bases with no out.  Left handed pinch hitter Kevin Voss drove in one run on a fielder’s choice to the right side but that was all the Bulldogs would get as the dogs were doubled up to end the inning.

In the top of the 7^th, with the score tied, the first two Bulldogs were retired.  Then, with 2 outs, Racus and Ricker singled and then advanced to 2^nd and 3^rd on stolen bases.  Robert Zink was called on to pinch run for Racus and he scored as VanEngelenburg beat out a chopped ball in the infield.  Toal then singled to score Ricker to give the Bulldogs a 2 run lead.
Wilder would not go easily however.  Facing the Wilder 2, 3, and 4 hitters, Hiles walked the first hitter on 7 pitches but struck out the next two and got a fly ball to right field to end the game. 

The Bulldogs will face North Kitsap for the championship and the first seed at the NW Regional Sr. Babe Ruth tournament in Ephrata.  North Kitsap defeated the SBA Buzz in the second round.

The Bowen Scarff Bulldogs scored 10 runs in six innings to beat the Issaquah Knights 10 – 0 in the first round of the 2007, Senior Babe Ruth, Washington State Championships in Port Angeles Thursday July 19.
Pat Meisenheimer was the winning pitcher going 5 innings with 7 strikeouts, 1 walk and giving up only 3 hits.  Troy Romney pitched the 6^th inning of the game which was ended by the 10 run rule in the bottom of the 6^th.
The Bulldogs scored one run in the first inning but only after the first two hitters struck out.  Brady Kincannon, singled with two outs and clean up hitter Andy Racus, drove him in with a double.  The bulldogs would strike out only two more times for the rest of the game.
The hits did not start coming until the 4^th inning when Romney singled in Bryant VanEngelenburg who reached on an error.  With one out, Kevin Toal, who had 3 hits on the day, drove in a run on a controversial play by the Short Stop that was officially scored an error.  Toal showed his own defensive prowess in the top half of the inning.  With a runner on second, and no outs, Kevin snared a ground ball up the line, tagged first, then threw across the diamond to 3^rd baseman Colton Hiles to get the runner out as he tried to advance to 3^rd on the ground ball.  That play ended the Knight’s most serious offensive threat of the game.
Kevin Voss, came in on a pinch hit assignment and was hit by a pitch to load the bases and set up a 2 RBI single from Jordon Beers and an RBI single from Colton Hiles.
The Dogs scored four more runs in the 5^th inning highlighted by triples from VanEngelenburg and Toal.  Toal Drove in the game ending run in the 6^th with a line drive to deep left center field.
Four Bulldogs had a multi-hit game with Toal 3 for 4, Romney 2 for 3, Beers 2 for 4 and Hiles 2 for 4.
The Bulldogs face the tournament hosts, and defending State Champion, Port Angeles Wilders, at 7:00 pm Friday evening.  Colton Hiles will go to the mound for the Bulldogs.

Just four days after winning the championship game at the state tournament, the Bulldogs arrived in Ephrata, Washington to play the opening game of the Senior Babe Ruth NW Regional Championship Tournament.  Bulldog Manager Nevin Garthwaite looks at the short turn around it in a positive light.  "Some of the teams had to drive for 12 hours to get here.  With the exception of the host team, we are the closest."

The Bulldogs batted in the top of the first and left two on with no score.  After retiring the first two Crater Lake hitters, starting pitcher Jordon Beers gave up a solo Home Run to Crater Lake.

That would be the last run for Crater Lake on the day.  In the top of the 2nd inning the Bulldogs got their offense going scoring seven runs on four hits and a walk.  The first hit of the inning belonged to Bryant Van Engelenburg who tied the game 1 -1 with a solo homer to left field.  With Toal and Meisenheimer on base, McConnaughey drove the ball to the wall for a double, giving the Bulldogs the lead. 

In the third inning, with two out, Ricker and Hiles hit back to back singles and scored on an Andy Racus 3 run homer to put the game out of reach.

Kevin Toal was a perfect 4 - 4 on the day with 4 singles, 2 runs scored and an RBI.  Van Englenburg was 3 - 4 with a homer and 4 RBI.  McConnaughey was 2 - 4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI.

The Bulldog pitchers combined for a 1 hit shut out as Beers struck out 5 in 2 innings, Van Engelenburg struck out 2, and Ricker, who closed the game, struck out 1.

One thing that was not noticed by many Bulldog fans was that as short stop Kevin Ricker took the mound in the last inning, Pat Meisenheimer moved to short stop.  With the move, Meisenheimer has played every position on the field this season.  Primarily a pitcher, first baseman and catcher, Meisenheimer played in the outfield a lot for the Bulldogs and filled in at second and third when other players were injured.  He will be back behind the plate Friday at noon when the Bulldogs face the Federal Way Buzz in the second game of the round robin portion of the tournament.