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The Bengals did most of the damage on Monday, as they led 7-0 before the game was suspended in the bottom of the fourth.
Blake had two infield sac flies and Mike Schmidt blasted a grand slam to straightaway center field as the Bengals scored six times in the top of the fourth.
The two infield sac flies occurred on separate infield pop ups with a man on third. The first was a Texas-leaguer caught by the second baseman and Jake Lorber scored standing up without drawing a throw.
The second was on a foul pop-up next to first base. Tommy Cunningham tagged and scored when the first baseman, who had his back to the plate after making the catch, lobbed the ball back in to the pitcher. The throw from the pitcher was too late to catch Cunningham at home.
Blake then got a single and two walks before Schmidt blasted the second pitch to dead center for the 6-0 lead.
Bengals pitcher Jimmy Smith allowed only a single and walked two in four innings of work on Monday and picked up the win.
Junior Dave Hudson pitched the final three innings, allowing four hits and one unearned run. He struck out the first batter he faced and walked the second batter he faced. An error and a single later allowed Churchill to close to 7-1.
Churchill got a single in the 6th and two singles in the 7th but did not score.
Blake advances to play top-seeded Quince Orchard Wednesday in the 4A West semifinals.
