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POSTED: Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

BASEBALL: Bells beat Kelowna to improve to 9-9

The Bellingham Bells evened their record after a 6-4 victory over the Kelowna Falcons in West Coast League baseball action on Thursday, July 2, at Joe Martin Field.

The Bells upped their record to 9-9.

Bellingham scored two runs to take a 3-1 lead in the third inning, highlighted by a Mike Chiarelli RBI double. Chris Amezquita's RBI double highlighted a two-run fifth inning as the Bells took a 5-2 lead and never looked back.

Garrett DeRooy picked up the win in relief to improve to 2-0. Seth Harvey recorded his third save for the Bells.

Bellingham hosts Kitsap at 7 p.m. Friday, July 3, at Joe Martin Field.

BELLINGHAM 6, KELOWNA 4

Kelowna 100 010 200 - 4 8 3

Bellingham 102 020 10x - 6 9 2

WP: Garrett DeRooy (2-0). LP: Bryn Card (2-1). Highlights: Bells: Chris Amezquita 3-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2B; Patrick Claussen 2-4, 2 runs, 2B; Craig Hertler 2-5, 2 runs, 2B.