The Douglas Bulldogs overcame a shaky start to beat the Cholla Chargers 13-3 in six innings Friday at Copper King Stadium.

Douglas' George Hurtado slides safely into third base in the fifth inning of Douglas' conference opener with Cholla Friday. The Bulldogs rallied from a 3-1 deficit to thump the Chargers 13-3 in six innings. The Bulldogs host Desert View Tuesday at 4 at Copper King Stadium.

Kyle Cormier was the winning pitcher. He went all six innings, gave up three runs off four hits, fanned four and walked two.

The Bulldogs led briefly as Jerry Acosta scored on Cormier's sacrifice fly in the first inning giving Douglas a 1-0 lead.

Cholla came back with a three run second taking a 3-1 edge.

Jacob Tadeo tripled in the third and later scored on a passed ball as the Bulldogs pulled back to within one at 3-2.

Sammy Hurtado, pinch hitting for George Hurtado, sparked the Dogs in the fifth with a leadoff double. George Hurtado would re-enter the game and later score the tying run on Tadeo's single. Tadeo would give Douglas the lead for good scoring on Cormier's triple.

By the time the inning was over the Bulldogs had scored six runs off five hits taking an 8-3 lead.

Douglas would score six more runs in the sixth - the crushing blow being Fabian Ochoa's triple which scored the final two runs giving Douglas its 10-run edge.

The Bulldogs had 16 hits in the game. Acosta was 2 for 4 with a double, Tadeo 3 for 4 with a triple, Cormier 1 for 2 with a triple, Jesus Bonicichi 1 for 3, Alexis Aguirre 3 for 4, Pedro Cabrera 2 for 3 with two doubles, Zaul Tapia 2 for 4, Ochoa 1 for 4 and Sammy Hurtado 1 for 1 with a double.

Douglas' baseball coach Gilbert Rojas said afterwards he was pleased with the improvement his players showed following Wednesday's loss to Pueblo.

"Kyle threw well after getting off to a shaky start," he said. "And we swung the bats well."

The coach said his team struggled the second and third innings but once they got past that they did okay.

The Bulldogs, 7-9-1 overall, 1-0 in league play, will host Desert View Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Copper King Stadium.

Junior varsity

Douglas' JV's thumped the Cholla JV's 12-1 Friday in Tucson.

Aldo Figueroa was the winning pitcher. He went four innings, gave up one run off three hits, fanned five and walked one.

Jesus Cuevas threw two innings in relief and gave up no runs off one hit.

The Bulldogs used a two run first and a two run second followed by a three run fourth to build a 7-0 lead.

Cholla scored its lone run of the game in the bottom of the fourth making the score 7-1.

The Bulldogs responded with a three run fifth and a two run sixth.

Hector Grijalva hit 4 for 4 for Douglas and had two RBI's, Jerry Altamirano was 3 for 4 with 5 RBI's, Ruben Ybarra 1 for 4 with two RBI's, Juan Mariscal was 1 for 2, Aldo Figueroa 1 for 3 and Victor Gomez 1 for 4.

The JV's are at Desert View on Tuesday.