Pirate baseball squad moves to 3-2
Bluffton and Van Buren split a doublehead earlier this week. The Pirates won the opener 6-3, and VB the nightcap 12-2.
In the opener, Dakota Bricker (1-1) was the winning pitcher. He had two singles as did Bowden. Myers had a base hit and a double. Phillips had a double.
In the second game Branden Edwards, Cole Fruchey and Brice Rayle each had singles.
Bluffton next traveled to Arcadia and won 6-3. Matt Bowden (1-1) was the winning pitcher. The win moved BHS to 3-2 overall.
Bricker had two singles and a double, Bowden had two singles, Belcher had two singles and one RBI, Edwards had a single and RBI and Phillips had a double.
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