North Mahaska outhit the BGM Bears but could not overcome BGM pitching in a 9-6 South Iowa Cedar League baseball game. NM trailed 9-1 but scored five in the final two innings before the Bears closed the door.
BGM pitcher Jacksyn Bullers faced 14 Warhawk batters and stuck out eight. In his four innings of work, he gave up one run on four hits with no walks.
A walk, single, a double and flyout put the Bears up 2-0. Two more singles brought in another run for a 3-0 lead. North Mahaska’s Dane Van Mersbergen singled and went to second on an error in the bottom of the second inning. He scored the Warhawks’ first run on Ryan Groom’s double.
BGM, 8-5, added a run in the third and tallied four in the fourth to take control of the contest. They would add another insurance run in the sixth.
In the Warhawk half of the sixth, Tyson Ferguson was hit by a pitch then Jack Kelderman and Van Mersbergen hit back-to-back singles to score Ferguson. Groom reached on an error to score Kelderman and Van Mersbergen came in on Logan Baldock’s fielder’s choice.
In the seventh Lucas Nunnikhoven doubled with one out. With two out, Kelderman singled home Nunnikhoven. Van Mersbergern hit his third single to bring home Kelderman. A flyout ended the game and the Warhawk rally.
Van Mersbergen hit three singles, and Groom hit two singles and a double with two RBI. Kelderman hit a pair of singles with an RBI, and Nunnikhoven stroked a single and a double.
Kelderman took the loss from the mound. He gave up eight runs on 10 hits and a walk. He fanned two batters. Van
Mersbergen threw 3 2/3 innings behind Kelderman. He allowed a run on a hit, a walk, hit batsman and a strikeout. Rylan Spray pitched 1/3 of an inning.
Tucker Wright and Cael Coburn each drove in three runs for the Bears. Wright stole five bases in the game. Robby Tometich threw 2 1/3 innings allowing three runs on two hits, a hit batsman and two strikeouts. Beau Burns tossed the final 2/3 inning yielding two runs on two singles and a double.
North Mahaska, 7-6, hosts Keota Wednesday then travels to Lynnville-Sully Thursday. They will close out the week Friday hosting HLV/Tri-County.