Bo Bonds has been part of Suwannee's 1-2 pitching punch.

LIVE OAK — A highly-anticipated pitching matchup between Suwannee’s Bo Bonds and North Florida Christian’s Brandon Walker turned one-sided in favor of Walker and the Eagles.    

After a tough first inning, Walker found his rhythm on the mound, and also came through at the plate, to lead NFC to a 10-3 victory on Thursday. 

Walker struck out six hitters in four innings pitched and gave up one run. Offensively, he went 2-5 with a home run and five RBIs. 

Bonds breezed through the first inning, striking out the side on just 12 pitches. But control problems and a three-run homer from Matthew Dickey cut his day short as Bonds exited after three innings with the Bulldogs trailing 4-1. 

“The two home runs gave them a little life,” said Suwannee coach Justin Bruce. “When the big plays happened, the momentum switched and they settled in on the mound. That’s one thing we have to do better — not give them a chance to settle in.” 

Hueston Morrill led off the game with a double as he hit a high curveball to the wall in left field. Bonds, hitting third in the lineup, drove in Morrill with a sacrifice fly to put SHS ahead 1-0 in the first inning. 

It was a good start off Walker, who entered the game without having allowed a run in five innings pitched. 

“When we put pressure on them, we were able to dictate some stuff and we scored an early run,” Bruce said. “We made him (Walker) work and throw more pitches than he wanted to in that (first) inning.

“As the game went on, the big plays were the ones that separated us from the energy level it needed to be all the way though.”

Trailing 8-1 in the sixth, Wyatt Morrill gave Suwannee (2-2) its last runs as he connected on a two-run homer.

UP NEXT: Suwannee hosts Lowndes on Tuesday.

Box Score

								R	H	E
NFC	0	1	3	0	4	0	2	10	13	0
Suwannee	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	0

Hitting

H Morrill 1-4, 1 run

Bonds 1-1, RBI, 1 run, 1 walk

W Morrill 1-2, Home run, 2 RBIs

Layton 1-3

Jones 1-2, 1 walk

Pitching

Bonds 3 IP, 4 runs, 7 hits, 7 strikeouts, 3 walks

H Morrill 2 IP, 4 hits, 4 runs, 2 strikeouts, 2 walks

Jones 2 IP, 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 strikeout