Landon McDonald hit a two-run homer, his 14th of the season, and Brady Baird followed with a home run in a four-run sixth inning, but the power display was too little to lift Bakersfield College in a 6-5 Western State Conference loss at College of the Canyons on Tuesday.
The teams were opening a three-game series that will shift to BC’s Gerry Collis Field at 2 p.m. today and then go back for a 2 p.m. Friday game at Canyons.
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