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The Boise Hawks beat the Bears to advance to the Northwest League championship series.>> The Boise Hawks beat the Bears to advance to the Northwest League championship series.>> The Yakima Bears lost 11-5 to the Boise Hawks in game two of the Northwest League East Division series Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears lost 11-5 to the Boise Hawks in game two of the Northwest League East Division series Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears defeated the Boise Hawks 5-4 in game one of the Northwest League East Division Series at Memorial Stadium in Boise, Idaho. >> The Yakima Bears defeated the Boise Hawks 5-4 in game one of the Northwest League East Division Series at Memorial Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Bears now lead the best two out of three series 1-0 with the series going to Yakima to finish up.>> The Yakima Bears lost 4-1 to the Vancouver Canadians in 11 innings Saturday at Yakima County Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears lost 4-1 to the Vancouver Canadians in 11 innings Saturday at Yakima County Stadium. The loss was the fourth-straight for the Bears to end the regular season, with the playoffs starting for the team on Monday.>> The Yakima Bears lost 3-1 to the Vancouver Canadians Friday night at Yakima County Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears lost 3-1 to the Vancouver Canadians Friday night at Yakima County Stadium. The win for Vancouver, coupled with a Eugene loss to Spokane Friday, made the Canadians the final team to qualify for the 2012 playoffs. The Yakima Bears and Everett AquaSox clinched in the first half and the Boise Hawks were the other team to win in the second half.>> The Yakima Bears lost 7-1 to the Vancouver Canadians Thursday night. The Bears were no-hit by Vancouver starter Taylor Cole through seven and two thirds innings.>> The Yakima Bears lost 7-1 to the Vancouver Canadians Thursday night. The Bears were no-hit by Vancouver starter Taylor Cole through seven and two thirds innings.>> The Yakima Bears lost 3-2 against the Vancouver Canadians Wednesday night at Yakima County Stadium.>> The Yakima Bears lost 3-2 against the Vancouver Canadians Wednesday night at Yakima County Stadium.>> The Yakima Bears started the final homestand of the regular season with a 9-1 win over the Vancouver Canadians Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium.>> The Yakima Bears started the final homestand of the regular season with a 9-1 win over the Vancouver Canadians Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium.>> The Yakima Bears lost 5-2 Sunday afternoon against the Everett AquaSox at Everett Memorial Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears lost 5-2 Sunday afternoon against the Everett AquaSox at Everett Memorial Stadium. The Bears won only one of the five games in the series, with the team that took the initial lead losing each and every game of the series.>> The Yakima Bears lost 6-3 to the Everett AquaSox Saturday night at Everett Memorial Stadium in Everett, Washington.>> The Yakima Bears lost 6-3 to the Everett AquaSox Saturday night at Everett Memorial Stadium in Everett, Washington. Both teams had nine hits and one error, but the AquaSox put together a pair of three run innings.>>
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The Yakima Bears defeated the Spokane Indians 8-2 Thursday night at Yakima County Stadium. The Bears have now won back-to-back games and need only one more win in the next two nights to snap a five-series losing streak.
The Bears fell behind early on two unearned runs against Bears starter Alex Carreras after two errors in the second inning. The second was the only rough inning for Carreras, who pitched a season-high seven innings and allowed only the two unearned runs on a total of three hits and one walk. Carreras also had six strikeouts in an effort that earned him his league-leading eighth win of the season. Behind Carreras, Jose Jose pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning and Blake Forslund finished the night with a scoreless ninth. The three pitchers combined to allow only three hits, one walk, and no earned runs
The Bears offense went to work after the early Indians lead. Ronnie Freeman was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the second and eventually scored from third base on a two-out single from Michael Lang. Keving Medrano led-off the third inning with a single and eventually scored from third on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly. The Bears took the lead with two runs in fifth inning, as Medrano reached on an error and Jacob House doubled to put both runners in scoring position. Those two would score on a Shaun Cooper RBI single and a Freeman double play ground out. After Mark Ginther doubled to lead-off the sixth inning and advanced to third on a single by Lang, Josh Parr plated Ginther with a fielder's choice ground ball. The offensive effort was capped in the seventh inning when Ginther hit a three-run home run after Freeman had been hit by a pitch and Poma hit a single with two outs.
The Bears outhit the Indians 13-3. Josh Parr went 3-for-4, while Kevin Medrano, Jacob House, Danny Poma, and Mark Ginther all had two hits. House had a double and Ginther had a double and a home run. The hitters combined to go 5-for-12 with runners in scoring position and the Bears scored in five different innings.
The Bears continue the homestand Friday night with a 7:05 game against the Indians. Right-handed pitchers Derrick Stultz of the Bears and CJ Edwards of the Indians are the scheduled starters.
