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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
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SHOOTING THE BREEZE
Rattlesnake rhapsody
The Eagle/Rudy Diaz
Kobe Fell runs to fi rst base after bunting the ball on April 14.
Prospectors fall to Bulldogs
Baseball team takes lead in
sixth inning but can’t hold on
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union/Prairie City Pros-
pectors baseball team fought to the end
but lost at home to the 4A Baker/Powder
Valley Bulldogs, 14-10.
A combination of walks in the begin-
ning and the end of the game by the Pros-
pectors helped the Bulldogs come out on
top on April 14.
“It was a tough one, but the kids ral-
lied really well to take the lead in the
sixth inning,” said head coach Doug
Sharp. “But our best pitchers in that last
inning had a tough time fi nding the strike
zone, and it’s hard to defend a walk.”
The Prospectors had a rough start in
the beginning of the game as they gave
up four runs, and the score was 5-2 by
the end of the second inning.
The Prospectors continued into the
third inning with Logan McCluskey
pitching. The Bulldogs hit a ground ball
back to McCluskey who recorded the
fi rst out in the top of the third.
The Prospectors brought in Cooper
Peterson to pitch, and they secured the
last two outs to close the inning.
In the bottom of the third, Peter-
son reached base on a single. Next up,
AJ McKrola advanced Peterson to sec-
ond base while being thrown out at fi rst.
The Eagle/Rudy Diaz
Mason Morris pitches against the Baker/
Powder Valley Bulldogs on April 14.
Peterson took it from there, stealing third
and then later stealing home on a passed
ball for a run, for a 5-3 score.
Mason Morris was tagged out to end
the third.
In the top of the fourth inning, the
Bulldogs managed to steal home for
another run, 6-3. Morris had two strike-
outs in the inning before the Prospectors
caught a runner at fi rst base for the last
out.
In the bottom of the fourth, the
Prospectors managed to get the
bases loaded with Tanner Way on
third, Parker Neault on second and
Dylan Clark on first. An illegal pitch
was called, walking McClusky and
scoring Way to make it 6-4.
With the bases still loaded, Kobe
Fell was up to bat and hit an RBI sin-
gle, sending Neault home, 6-5. Peterson
struck out to end the inning.
The Prospectors picked up steam
again in the bottom of the sixth when
they scored 5 runs to take the lead, 10-6.
Clark had an RBI single, scoring Neault
again. With the bases loaded, Declan
Zweygardt smacked the ball into far right
fi eld for a double and two RBIs. Riddick
Hutchinson got the last two RBIs of the
inning.
Even with the momentum from the
sixth inning, the Bulldogs came back in
the seventh after multiple walks. In the
last inning, the Prospectors had eight
walks or hit batters, which shifted the
lead over to the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs
took the lead 14-10 to win the game.
Sharp said he was happy that the Pros-
pectors continued to give it their all and
stay focused to fi nish the game strong.
Sharp said there was about a year and a
half of experience lost since baseball was
cancelled last year due to COVID-19. He
also said two of their starters were absent
for this game.
“No excuses, but they did a great
job,” Sharp said. “They didn’t give
up. After fi ve runs in the bottom of
the sixth you would think the game is
over with, but they competed well and
kept with it.”
Games this week have been canceled
because of COVID-19 concerns.
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ing is poor, so they get a pass
from me on that tenet alone.
It isn’t always practical to
carry a fi rearm day to day, but
for those who can I
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Usually the longer the handle,
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t is that time of year again
when vipercated tongues
fl ick from spade shaped
heads and emerge from their
dens in search of food
and the warmth of the
sun. Yep, it is rattle-
snake season.
The Western rat-
tlesnake (Crotalus
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Great Basin rattlesnake (Cro-
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are equally deadly and, there-
fore, dangerous. Pets, live-
stock and curious children
are especially at risk as they
move low to the ground and
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that these creatures prefer.
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in brush, along fence lines,
near water and in rocky areas.
I have even seen them crawl-
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in your goings about. Rattle-
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the hotter the temperature,
the more active these snakes
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also called bull snake or blow
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for a rattler due to their sim-
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