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Bernie, Missouri – The Mules owned the Class 2, District 3 championship on Wednesday evening with their best performance of the season. They defeated the #2 ranked Chaffee Red Devils 22 – 10 in an amazing power hitting game.
“I tell my athletes all the time to stay in the strike zone,” stated Darrin Shipman, head coach of the Bernie Mules Baseball team. And that is exactly what they did with one hit after another.
The Mules collected 16 hits and earned 11 walks as they ended the game in the 5th inning on a mercy-rule. It was their first District Title since 2009.
Bernie had two extremely great innings. They earned 9 runs in both the 2nd and 4th innings to propel them into double figures to defeat Chaffee.
It was Devin Trammell who rallied the Mules early on with a three-run homer putting them on top 3-0. It wasn’t his only homer of the game. Trammell hit one more home run and completed the game with a total of five RBIs.
B.J. Jennings earned the win for the Mules. He allowed eight runs on five hits. Devin Trammell pitched the last two innings.
Cody Payne earned the loss for the Red Devils. They utilized four different pitchers in fiving innings.
Bernie extends their awesome winning streak to 18 games with a record of 20-3.
Bernie will play Valle Catholic in the Class 2 state sectional on Memorial Day at 4:30 p.m. in Ste. Genevieve. Valle Catholic is ranked #1 in the latest poll with Bernie ranked #6.
Final Score Bernie 22 Chaffee 10 (5 Innings)
Bernie 3 9 1 9 0 - 22 16 3
Chaffee 6 2 0 2 0 - 10 7 1
WP - B.J. Jennings. LP - Cody Payne. HR - Devin Trammell 2 (B). Jimmy Golden (C), Ryan Lohmann (C). 2B - Golden (C), Jordan Kinder (C), Austin Beck (B), Brad Freed (B), Justin Stanfield (B), Jace Burk (B). Multiple hits - Chaffee: Golden 2-3, Kinder 3-3; Bernie: Beck 3-4, Matt Vernon 3-4, Freed 3-5, Trammell 2-4, Jennings 3-4.
