Casserilla plays hero in two Range Riders wins

MARYSVILLE, Calif. — After dropping the first four games of the series, the Glacier Range Riders’ Xavier Caserilla played hero the final two games of the series, winning Sunday’s knockout round over Yuba-Sutter High Wheelers’ Cuba Bess for a 11-10 victory in Pioneer League baseball. 

Caserilla went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday’s 8-3 win that helped snap a five-game skid. 

The Range Riders dropped 10 of 11 games this month, prior to Saturday and Sunday’s wins to improve their June record to 3-11 and 10-14 overall.  

Glacier 11, Yuba-Sutter 10

After taking a 10-7 lead heading into the final frame, the High Wheelers stormed back with three runs to tie it after a two-run error extended the game to send it into the knockout round.  

There, Caserilla saved the game by belting three home runs to Bess’ two, to finish the final game of the six-game series with back-to-back wins for the first time this month. 

The Range Riders plated five runs in the third inning, highlighted by Logan Beard’s two-run double. The High Wheelers (15-9) came right back in the third inning with a solo home run from Josh Duarte, before Gio Brusa hit his first of two home runs to cut the lead to 5-4. 

Cooper Hext hit a solo shot in the fifth to tie the game, and Brusa’s second home run of the game drove in two to give the Wheelers their first lead of the game, 7-5. 

Angel Mendoza tied the game in the sixth for the Range Riders when he laced a 2-run tripled to center field, scoring Kingston Liniak and Kenneth Levari. TJ Clarkson scored on a wild pitch and Caserilla singled to bring home Beard and re-take the lead 9-7. 

Kyle Ashworth doubled home a run in the top of the eighth inning for the Range Riders final run of the game. Caserilla finished with two hits, two RBIs and a run scored. Beard went 2-for-4 with a double, a pair of RBIs and runs scored. 

Glacier            005    002    210    -    10    11    1 

Yuba-Sutter    013    120    003    -    10    10    0 

Noah Owen (4), Eldridge Armstrong III, Jacob Hasty (7), Luke Cooper, Jason Franks (9), and Angel Mendoza. Christian Womble (6), Mason Bryant (7), Andrew Garcia (8), Ethan Bates (9) and Mike Campagna. 

GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Clarkson 1-4, Beard 2-4, Caserilla 2-5, Levari 1-4, Liniak 1-4, Jack Lynch 0-5, Mendoza 1-3, Efrain Manzo 1-3, Ashworth 2-4. 

YUBA-SUTTER HIGH WHEELERS — Durate 2-4, River Orsak 1-5, Bobby Lada 2-5, Cuba Bess 0-4, Brusa 3-4, Parker Coddou 1-4, Connor Denning 0-1, Kirkland Banks 0-5, Hext 1-3, Mike Campagna 0-3. 

2B — Ashworth, Beard, Levari. Duarte. 3B — Mendoza. HR — Brusa 2 (5), Duarte (1), Hext (4). RBIs — Ashworth 2, Beard 2, Caserilla 2, Mendoza 2, Liniak. Brusa 5, Banks, Duarte, Hext. 

Late Saturday 

Glacier 8, Yuba-Sutter 3 

Caserilla went 4-for-5 with a double, Clarkson and Jack Lynch hit solo home runs and the Range Riders plated four runs in the seventh inning to pull away late in Saturday’s victory. 

The Range Riders offense was balanced as seven out of nine batters recorded a hit and finished with 14 as a team. Liniak went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, Beard and John Mabry recorded the other multi-hit games with two each with Beard driving in two runs. 

Rayne Supple was dominant on the mound, giving up just two hits, two earned runs and striking out eight across six innings to earn the win. Nick Zenga closed the door on any High Wheelers comeback attempt, pitching the final two frames, allowing no hits and striking out two. 

Clarkson’s home run in the third inning was his third of the year for the Range Riders for their leadoff hitter. Lynch’s solo home run was his first of the season as he has only played five games. 

The Range Riders continue their road trip with a six-game series with the Oakland Ballers (16-8) beginning on Tuesday at 7:35 p.m. 

Glacier     001    111    400    -    8    14    1 

Yuba-Sutter    020    000    100    -    3    4      1

Supple (6), Cam Liss, Davis Pratt (7), Nick Zenga (9), and Antonio Barranca. Jonah Jenkins (6), Sam Drumheller (7), Chase Martinez (9), and Adam Juran. 

GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Clarkson 1-3, Beard 2-5, Caserilla 4-5, Levari 0-4, Liniak 3-5, Lynch 1-5, Antonio Barranca 0-4, John Mabry 2-5, Ashworth 1-4. 

YUBA-SUTTER HIGH WHEELERS — Duarte 0-3, Bobby Lada 0-4, Bess 0-4, Brusa 1-3, Denning 1-3, Coddou 2-4, Hext 0-3, Landon Wallace 0-3, Adam Juran 0-3. 

2B — Ashworth, Casserilla. HR — Clarkson, Lynch. RBIs — Beard 2, Liniak 2, Caserilla,  Clarkson, Levari, Lynch. Coddou, Hext.