BREMERTON, Wash. — Tanner Ring went 4-for-5 at the plate on Tuesday night, a double short of the cycle, including a 3-run home run that proved to be the difference, as the Bend Elks defeated the Kitsap BlueJackets 8-6 Tuesday night.

After stranding the bases loaded in the top of the first, the Elks scored the first run of the game in the second on a pair of Kitsap (4-9) errors, as Cullen O’Dwyer reached on an error and came around to score on a ground ball by Chase Fields that was misplayed by BlueJackets first basemen Daniel Orr, making it 1-0.

The Elks added two runs in the second as Curtis Wildung tripled and scored on an RBI groundout by O’Dwyer, and Landon Cray scored on an RBI double by Fields to make it 3-0 in the early stages of the game.

The Elks play Game 2 of a three-game set against Kitsap today at 6:35 p.m., before concluding the series Thursday night.

— Bulletin staff report