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Nick Nastrini Pitches Bells Past Pippins
June 30, 2018
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Nick Nastrini's dominant performance on the mound helped the Bellingham Bells to a shutout road victory over Yakima Valley Friday. The Bells blanked the Pippins 4-0 in their return to West Coast League action.
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Nastrini (3-0; 0.52 ERA) pitched six shutout innings. The right-hander out of UCLA gave up just four hits, striking out 3 batters while walking just two.
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Michael Petrie supplied the bulk of the offense for the Bells. The University of Washington catcher put Bellingham on the board in the top of the 2nd with a 2RBI double. Shortstop Ernie Yake contributed 2 hits to up his batting average to .338.
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Including non-league games, Bellingham (16-6) has won 5 in a row. They sit 3 games in front of second-place Kelowna in the North Division. At 10-12, Yakima Valley is 6 games behind the Bells.
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Game 2 of the 3-game series is tonight at Yakima County Stadium. Grant Holman toes the rubber for Bellingham versus Connor White for the Pippins. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35pm.
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- Doug Lange
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