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33+ Black Bears Finally Nab The Padres


The Black Bears have been playing for four years now and the Padres were one of only two teams who the Bears had never beaten - but the Bears finally got that first win against a very tough Padres team by a score of 8-6 on Monday night.

The Bears jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the second inning when the first five hitters reached safely on a single by Mike Gennett, a double by Kevin Bondi, a Tim Burns single, a walk to Tom Ayers and a single by Kevin Gallagher. Dean Rowe would add an RBI single in the 3rd inning and the Bears lead 5-0 after 3 innings.

Black Bears starter Kyle Cetnar allowed only one hit through four innings - including carrying a no-hitter through 3 1/3. The Bears had scored two in the top of the fifth for a 7-0 lead but the Padres bats came alive in the bottom half of the fifth sending the message that they would not go down without a fight. The scoring began rather harmlessly on the lone error committed by the Bears but Tracy LaFountain delivered a one out screaming line-drive single and advanced on the throw to home plate trying to prevent a run. LaFountain advanced to 3B on a wild pitch but it mattered not because Jake Maye laced a single scoring LaFountain. Maye would score when Matt Swan crushed a booming double to left-centerfield; Tom Smith followed Maye with a sharp single to right-centerfield and the score stood 7-4 after five innings of play.

After shutting down the Bears offense in the sixth, the Padres scored twice in the sixth on a hard line-drive single by Erik Miller and a screaming line-drive triple to right field by Chuck Jasinski who scored on an RBI groundout by Josh Whipple and the score was 7-6 after six.

The Bears managed a run in the top of the seventh on five straight singles by Kevin Gallagher, Patrick O'Sullivan, Kyle Cetnar, Darren Foote and J.J. Jeanette - however, two baserunning mistakes in the inning would prevent further scoring and the Bears entered the final frame with an 8-6 advantage.

Kyle Cetnar insisted on finishing what he started, but the Padres would get a leadoff hit by Matt Swan on a sharp line-drive. Up stepped Tom Smith who smashed a hard grounder that Black Bears shortstop Darren Foote made an excellent play on who flipped to J.J. Jeanette; who, in turn stood tall with a runner bearing down on him and threw a strike to Kevin Bondi for a 6-4-3 double play which seemed to settle down Cetnar. Cetnar finished it off with a groundout to second base and closed out the Padres.

For the Black Bears, Mike Gennett, Kevin Bondi and Tom Ayers all collected two hits; Ayers and Patrick O'Sullivan had 2 and 3 RBI respectively. J.J. Jeanette, Mike Gennett, Rob Bialkowski and Tim Burns all had stolen bases and Kevin Bondi had the lone extra-base hit.

Kyle Cetnar went the distance allowing 3 earned runs on 10 hits. He did not get a single strikeout, but he also did not allow a single walk.


The Padres have an excellent lineup filled with guys who can really swing the bat and Mike Bisner has a great group of guys who like to play hard. Good luck to the Padres the rest of the way.

-- Edited by The_Hurricane on Tuesday 23rd of May 2017 09:51:05 AM

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