A four run 3rd inning broke a scoreless tie and propelled Bridgman to their first state baseball championship since 1987 with a 7-1 win over Algonac in the MHSAA Division 3 Baseball Championship at McLane Stadium at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Alec McMartin lead off the third with a walk, then with the bases loaded. Wade Haskins popped out, but scored MacMartin. Riley Gloe singled and drove in two more runs, then scored himself on an RBI double from Nolan Roberts. Bridgman had a 4-0 lead.
Bridgman would add two more run in the 5th inning, after Pagel led off the inning with a single and a single from Glow, new Algonac pitcher Caleb Thomas committed at balk, moving Pagel and Gloe up one base. Roberts hit an RBI single, and then Ethan Stine did the same giving the Bees a 6-0 lead.
Algonac was able to plate a run in the top of the 6th, but Bridgman got that run back in the bottom of the inning on an RBI double from Pagel.
Page worked a 1-2-3 7th inning to close out the game and earn Bridgman the championship trophy.
Bridgman last won a baseball state championship in 1987 when the Bees defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 10-9 in 8 innings.
