Bears fall in series finale to Delgado Dolphins
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
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Sunday, April 12, 2025: Baseball
New Orleans, LA
The Baton Rouge Bears and the Delgado Dolphins met one final time this weekend to conclude their four-game conference series with a single nine-inning game at Kirsch Rooney Stadium. The Dolphins once again found the timely hits needed to defeat the Bears, winning the series finale 8-4.
The Bears opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, taking an early 2-0 lead. Brecken Bordelon and Jayden Jackson hit back-to-back singles and both advanced on a passed ball. Cayden Vice grounded out to the second baseman, allowing Bordelon to score the Bears' first run. Cooper Martin followed with a single down the right field line to score Jackson.
The Dolphins responded in the bottom of the fourth, scoring four runs to take a 4-2 lead. Three of the four runs were driven in by L. Cline, who hit a home run to left field.
The Bears managed to score a run in the top of the fifth but still trailed the Dolphins 4-3. Keegan Kelsey led off with a single to left field, and Kenneth Berard hit another single to put Bears on the corners. Brecken Bordelon then hit a sacrifice fly, allowing a tagging Kelsey to score.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Dolphins increased their lead to 8-3 by plating four additional runs, two of which came from a home run by R. Rowell to left field.
The Bears continued to fight, managing to scratch across a run in the top of the eighth. Cayden Vice hit a single to right field and scored on a double to right field by Cooper Martin, narrowing the deficit to 8-4.
Evan McDaniel started on the mound for the Bears and took the loss, pitching 6.2 innings and allowing 8 runs on 9 hits while walking one and striking out 4. Spencer Srubar (0.1 innings) and Jayse Degruy (1.0 inning) contributed in relief. Jacob Heiden started on the mound for the Dolphins and earned the victory, pitching 5.1 innings while allowing 3 runs on 7 hits, with 1 walk and 3 strikeouts. J. Tingstom pitched in relief for the Dolphins.
Delgado outhit Baton Rouge 11 to 10, with neither team committing an error.
Bears Highlights
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Keegan Kelsey: 1 for 4 with 1 run and 1 BB
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Kenneth Berard: 1 for 5
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Trent Laporte: 2 for 3
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Brecken Bordelon: 1 for 3 with 1 run and 1 RBI
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Jayden Jackson: 1 for 3 with 1 run and 1 BB
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Cayden Vice: 1 for 3 with 1 run and 1 RBI
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Cooper Martin: 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs
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Peyton Chiasson: 1 for 4
With the loss, the Bears fall to 4-38 overall and 0-12 in conference play, while the Dolphins improve to 25-11 and 10-2 for the season. Delgado leads the all-time series with 101 wins compared to Baton Rouge's 36 losses.
Up Next:
The Bears will start a four-game conference series against the LSUE Bengals from April 17-19 at Pete Goldsby Field.
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