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Article: Rock Bridge baseball team beats storms to blow out Jeff City
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- April 24, 2008
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JEFFERSON CITY - After scoring nine runs in the top of the first
inning yesterday at Vivion Field, about the only thing that could
have prevented the Rock Bridge baseball team from defeating
Jefferson City were the ominous dark clouds rolling in from the
south.
The clouds brought a light sprinkling of rain and 40-minute
lightning delay, but they did not prevent a Bruins victory.
The storm eventually blew over, allowing the Bruins to blow away
Jefferson City 17-5 in six innings.
"I was spooked there for a second," Rock Bridge catcher Kevin
Gribble said. "We finally jump out to a big lead, and it starts
raining.
"We've run into some bad luck this year, but, this game,
everything kind of came ...