Ballard defeated Perry 5-4 in Raccoon River Conference baseball action Thursday night in Slater.  The Bombers scored the winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning on 3 consecutive base hits.  Janier Puente took the loss allowing 3 earned runs on 6 hits while striking out 5.  Austin Carpenter and Kyle Nevitt led the offensive attack for Perry finishing with 3 hits.  Perry finished with 13 hits but left the bases loaded twice on the night.  Puente, Carpenter and Brandon Kenyon all added RBI’s.

Perry falls to 6-17 and will host Grinnell Monday night at the PAC.