Show Bruins pushed around Travis Rust Contributing Writer The Bruins baseball team was mauled by the Wildcats of Western Nevada College last Friday and Saturday as the Bruins dropped four games in a row for forthe forthe forthe the third time this season In the final weekend of April the Bruins faced a tall task A four game set on the road against the Scenic West Athletic Conferences Conference's best team The Western Nevada Wildcats who before the series began held a record of 14 34 14 sit on top of the and over the weekend they showed why they are in that position There was very little the tm Bruins could do I to slow the powerful team put out out of Carson City Nev In game game one the Bruins saw the hitting of Duncan Blades and JR Roland stay consistent as Blades went 4 3 and Roland 2 1 with his one hit being a home run The Wildcats jumped on the Bruins with a three-run three third Bruins Continued on AJ I Bruins Continued from Al inning putting Western Nevada in the lead 4 The Bruins retaliated in inthe inthe inthe the top of the fifth inning with two runs that tied the score but the Wildcats wouldn't be denied In the bottom of the fifth Western Nevada scored two more runs and held the lead for forthe forthe forthe the remainder of the game Game one ended with a score of 6 4 in favor of Western Nevada In game two Zane Gray took the mound for the Bruins in hopes of slowing down the Wildcats Gray put forth a solid effort but wasn't able to overcome the talented Wildcats ts squad Gray threw six innings striking out five hitters in that span Unfortunately the Bruins saw only one run cross the plate as they dropped game two by a score of 3 Game three of the series turned up nothing for the Bruins as they filled out the scoring column with zeroes Despite pitcher Nelson Castleberry's strong effort on the mound Western Nevada defeated by bya a score of 6 Castleberry threw a good five innings giving up just two runs He finished the game gam with five strikeouts Game four saw the Bruins put forth arguably their t best effort of the weekend Jeremy Atkinson took the pitching responsibilities in game four Atkinson went four innings striking out five and giving up three runs Adam Wilson relieved Atkinson and gave up two runs while striking out one The consistent hitting of Duncan Blades and JR Roland helped the Bruins stay in the game Roland hit a three-run three homer inthe in inthe inthe the sixth inning to tie the game The home run was Rolands Roland's second of the series Duncan Blades went 3 2 knocking in two runs Despite these solid efforts the Bruins came up short by a score of 45 45 45 4 5 in favor of the Western Vestern Nevada Wildcats who still remain atop the conference standings The Bruins will finish their regular season schedule May 2 1 at Cate Gate GateField Field in a series against Southern Nevada First pitch is Friday at 1 pm p.m. |