{"id":1004,"date":"2023-04-19T19:55:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2023-04-20T07:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T11:34:01","slug":"bluffton-beats-bellmont-on-home-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/bluffton-beats-bellmont-on-home-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluffton beats Bellmont on home diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Bellmont Braves let one rotten half inning spoil an otherwise good night of baseball as they fell to the visiting Bluffton Tigers 4-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0640-1024x678.jpg?resize=640%2C424\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0640-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0640-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0640-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0640-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1017&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0640-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1356&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0640-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0640-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bellmont starting pitcher Eli Laurent struck out eight in the game but he had to shake off a hit by pitch in this moment. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Braves twice left the bases loaded without scoring in an inning, missing out on a chance to break the game open in the bottom of the fourth and again in the seventh.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0588-1024x678.jpg?resize=640%2C424\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0588-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0588-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0588-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0588-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1017&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0588-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1356&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0588-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0588-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>AJ Streveler got a big out in relief in the fourth inning with the bases loaded for the Bluffton Tigers. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t blame it on the three-run inning,\u201d coach Tom Montgomery said after the game. \u201cI think it was more the way we looked at the plate. We let too many opportunities get away and we really had a poor day in terms of plate discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Braves struck out seven times against Bluffton pitching, with two of them coming in the seventh against Braxton Betancourt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/blufftonbellmontrecap.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WZBD&#8217;s Rex<\/em> <em>Brewer recaps Tuesday&#8217;s loss by Bellmont. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellmont led off the third with a walk by Keagan Martin, who was then bunted over by Gavin Krull. That set up pinch runner Daniel Vogel to score when Andrew James grounded out to the right side because of Vogel\u2019s alert base running on a passed ball during Krull\u2019s at-bat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluffton turned a pair of sacrifices into a run to tie it in the fourth, but it was the fifth inning that really ended up biting the Braves. After leaving those bases loaded, Bellmont starter Eli Laurent, who struck out eight on the night, got a K for the first out of the inning. Three doubles and one walk later, it was 4-1 Bluffton and the Braves could not recover.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James led the Braves with two hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-1024x678.jpg?resize=640%2C424\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1017&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1356&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Andrew James led Bellmont with two hits. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The team will make up the postponed game from Monday against Blackhawk Christian this Friday at the Bellmont diamond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bellmont Braves let one rotten half inning spoil an otherwise good night of baseball as they fell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13,15],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bellmont","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0638-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1696&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}