During a winning streak that continues to flame on, Feather River won a pair of wild games over Shasta College on Saturday afternoon at the Eagles Nest, 17-13 and again, 17-13.
That’s 18 straight for the sizzling Golden Eagles, who are now 22-6 overall and 14-0 in the Golden Valley Conference. Shasta falls to 8-5 in the GVC and 10-16 overall.
The Dirty Birds had 36 hits, eight of them amazingly by Jake Dahl. Dahl was 8-for-11 on the day, three of his hits were two-baggers. Noah Carrington drove home seven runs on four hits in a offensive slugfest.
The Golden Eagles had a season-high 20 hits in the opener, with eight different players contributing multiple base knocks. FRC had six doubles in the game and stole four bases.
The Knights jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning and led 6-2 heading into the bottom of the fourth. But FRC rallied with four runs in the bottom half to tie it and then exploded for nine runs in the fifth.
13 batters came to the plate in that inning, with Josh Davies and Bryce Sargent both slapping singles and doubles in the same stanza. They would get eight total hits to take the lead, 15-8.
Shasta would come back with three runs in the sixth and two in the ninth, but the Dirty Birds had done their damage already.
Dahl had four hits in the game to lead a squad that filled up the hit scorecard.
There were more runs and hits galore in the second game. FRC scored six times in the third inning, but they still trailed 10—8 in the eighth. The home team scored four in the seventh to take the lead back at 12-10, thanks in part to Sargent’s three-run homer, but the Knights scored three in the top of the eighth to go up 13-12 in the topsy-turvy game.
With all the different ways FRC scored on the day, they pushed five runs across the plate in the eighth on just two hits. They took advantage of Shasta wild pitches, walks, a hit batter, two hits and a sacrifice fly to regain the lead (17-13) heading into the top of the ninth.
The Knights loaded the bases, but Ryan Clarke got the final two outs of the contest on a strikeout and pop up to claim the game and end a wild day.
Dahl was 4-for-4 with two doubles in this contest. Carrington drove in four of his runs in the nightcap.
It’s still March, with much baseball to still be played, but head coach Terry Baumgartner knows this is a special run.
“We are just enjoying this ride,” he said. “The kids are playing very well and gaining confidence.”
