A couple of bright spots for Bears
August 25, 2009 by YH-R Sports
PASCO — Though the Bears’ fortunes continued to wane Tuesday night, a couple of their players added to some already impressive credentials.
A night after being math-ematically eliminated from Northwest League playoff contention, Yakima’s Ryan Wheeler took over the NWL batting leadership by belting two doubles and a single in the Bears’ 6-2 loss to Tri-City before an announced 1,379 at Gesa Stadium.
Wheeler’s 3-for-4 night improved his batting average to .353. Boise’s Logan Watkins finished the evening second at .349 while Salem-Keizer’s Drew Biery slipped to .345.
Versatile leadoff man Dan Kaczrowski, meanwhile, had two hits to improve his average to .273.
Highlights were otherwise few and far between for a Yakima team (23-41) that has lost four straight entering tonight’s home game with the Dust Devils — the first of three with East Division-leading Tri-City (38-26), after which Spokane will come to Yakima County Stadium for a home schedule-ending three-game set.
The Devils scored three times in the second inning off Bears starter Chris Odegaard (1-7), with Joe Sanders’ two-run double the key blow.
Errors by shortstop Brent Greer and third baseman Matt Davidson in the fifth preceded Bo Bowman’s two-run triple. Bowman, who finished 3-for-4, drove in Tri-City’s final run with a seventh-inning single.
Yakima scored in the fourth when Wheeler doubled, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Tyson Van Winkle’s groundout. The Bears’ other run came in the seventh on a wild pitch.
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