SLATER - The No. 8 (Class 3A) Ballard baseball team saw its 12-game winning streak snapped with a 5-3 home loss to Boone Friday. Both teams had eight hits. Boone had two doubles and a home run, and Ballard picked up four doubles. Boone committed one error in the field and Ballard went error-free. The difference came in Boone's slight edge in strikeouts, preventing Ballard from stringing any rallies together. Boone went up 3-1 with a three-run second inning. Ballard pulled within 3-2 after three innings, but the Toreadors scored twice in the top of the fourth and the Bombers could only answer with one run in the bottom of the inning...
