RSSNorthwest League -- Gonzalez helps send Bears to 45th loss
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BOISE, Idaho -- The No. 9 hitter for Boise helped the last-place Bears reach another dubious milestone Wednesday night.
Marwin Gonzalez, the Hawks' second baseman, hit a go-ahead, RBI double in the eighth inning as Boise dealt Yakima its 45th defeat of the Northwest League season, 8-6 before an announced crowd of 2,764 at Memorial Stadium.
While Boise maintained its slim East Division title hopes, trailing first-place Spokane by six games with seven remaining, the Bears reached the 45-loss mark for the third time in four years and fourth eight seasons as an Arizona Diamondbacks affiliate.
The teams end their six game series, which the Hawks lead 3-2, tonight, after which Yakima moves to Tri-City on Friday night before returning home against the Dust Devils on Saturday.
The Bears led 4-3 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, but Boise scored once in that frame and twice in each of the seventh and eighth.
Gonzalez' one-out double in the eighth put Boise ahead 7-6 and Drew Rundle's two-bagger with two out capped the scoring.
Yakima had tied it 6-6 in the top of the inning on a run-scoring single by Roberto Rodriguez, who was 3-for-4, and a throwing error on the same play.
The Bears scored once in the first on Jimmy Principe's RBI single, again in the third on Anthony Smith's run-scoring groundout and twice in the fourth on Andrew Fie's two-run homer. It was Fie's fourth round-tripper of the year.
Santo Baez, who allowed both earned runs in eighth, took the loss.
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