The Bulldogs began spring break with a trip to Whitman on Monday, April 11th to play the Ballard Beavers. Garfield gave up three runs in the bottom of the 1st inning, but was able to bounce right back in the 2nd and eventually take a 4-3 lead in the 4th. The bullpen held Ballard scoreless for a couple innings before 2 leadoff walks came around the score in the bottom of the 7th. The Bulldogs lost on a bases-loaded catchers interference walkoff call for a 5-4 Ballard win. Tough way to lose to a rival. Spencer Mann had a RBI triple. Alex Gregory & J’Raan Brooks each had a pair of hits.
The JV team matched up with Ballard that same afternoon, took an early lead and hung on to win a home game 5-3. The C-Team played the Beavers the following day and were rained out in the 3rd inning with Garfield holding a large lead. When the game is rescheduled, it will be replayed from the beginning in accordance with conference rules.
Wednesday, April 13th was the Franklin-Garfield game, this year played on the Bulldogs turf. Franklin kept the game tight, only allowing three runs until the Bulldogs bats were able to break it open for a 8-1 lead in the bottom of the 5th. Aidan Miller picked up the win on the mound and added a RBI single in 8-1 victory. Spencer Mann had a double, single and 2 RBI, Eli Wilson a triple and a single, Alex Gregory a triple to lead the offensive attack.
Garfield’s C-Team hosted Chief Sealth on Thursday, April 14th and won handily 16-1. The Bulldogs JV started slowly, but scored enough in the middle innings to defeat Seattle Prep 10-0 in 5 innings in the Garfield doubleheader.
Chief Sealth played at Garfield on Friday, April 15th and quickly scored a run to take a 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs answered with a run in the bottom of the 1st and went on to score runs in 3 more separate innings to hang on for a 4-1 victory over the Seahawks. Alex Gregory pitched 6 strong innings, while Jack Alden bounced back with a strong effort to record the save. Spencer Mann had a couple hits and Eli Wilson added a double. Freshman Owen Cobb was the star of the day at the plate with 3 singles and 2 stolen bases.
JV won their game at Chief Sealth by a lopsided score of 24-3 under Coach Doherty to make it a 8-game winning streak for the JVs. Nelson Huffaker and Jonas Hyllseth each had 5 RBIs while Willie Vogel chipped in with 3 RBI.
Varsity: 7-7 overall, 7-6 in conference
JV: 8-5 overall, 7-5 in conference
C-Team: 5-6 overall, 4-2 in conference
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