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Tips top Kamloops in double header

The Salmon Arm Bantam Tips came out on top of a double header with Kamloops at Blackburn Park last Saturday
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Pitch perfect: Jordan Earl filled in for the Salmon Arm Bantam Tips

The Salmon Arm Bantam Tips came out on top of a double header with Kamloops at Blackburn Park last Saturday.

Salmon Arm decisively downed the visitors 15-7 in the early afternoon game.

Ryan Freed continued his unheard of batting average of 1.000 in the last seven games.

In the heat of the late afternoon sun, the two rivals meet for the second game of the day.

After the first inning the Tips found themselves down by two runs, due to accurate pitching from Kamloops.

Stellar pitching from Jordan Earl, who filled in for the Tips due to a few injuries their roster, and great outfield play from Colby Geiger, held Kamloops to one-earned run in the second inning.

Salmon Arm’s bats woke up in the bottom of the second and they earned the lead at the end of the inning. It was Kamloops turn to run up the score as they opened up a commanding 8-4 lead heading into the bottom of the last frame.

At the top of the order, Geiger stepped up to the plate against the talented closing pitcher from Kamloops.

Geiger fell behind in the count before being hit by an errant pitch, and being awarded a walk.

He then advantageously stole second on a Kamloops infield error.

Liam Alstad took advantage of a deep outfield and dropped one into shallow right field for a double and an RBI, as the speedy Geiger scored from second.

With one out, Logan Reynolds hit a pop fly into right field, and an error allowed Reynolds to pick up a single and an RBI as Alstad scored from second.

Down by two, and with Archambault at the plate, Reynolds stole second and then scored from second on a single by Archambault.

The Tips closed the gap and were down by a single run.

Archambault turned on the afterburners and stole both second and third base, putting himself in a scoring position.

With two outs left and the tying run at third, the Tips most consistent hitter, Freed, stepped up to bat.

With two strikes against, Freed swung and missed the third pitch, but without missing a beat he streaked to first on a dropped ball, and when they threw him out, Archambault stole from third to knot the game at eight.

Kamloops called a time out and Salmon Arm expected a change of pitchers, but Kamloops left their closer in.

The coach’s words helped, and the Kamloops pitcher blistered three strikes by Thompson in the box for the final out, and putting and end to an exciting game.