Range Riders stay hot with sweep over Mobiles

The Glacier Range Riders completed a three-game sweep of the RedPocket Mobiles with a 7-5 victory Sunday afternoon, winning for the 11th time in their last 12 games. 

RedPocket (9-33) grabbed an early lead when Braylon Bishop led off the game with his seventh home run of the season, but Tommy Rover answered in the bottom half with his sixth homer of the year to even the score. 

Glacier (27-15) took the lead for good in the second on Jacob Steele's sacrifice fly before Andrew Collins delivered a two-run single in the third to make it 4-1. 

The Mobiles trimmed the deficit to 4-2 in the fourth on Josiah Chavez's RBI double, but Collins came through again with an RBI single in the fifth for Glacier. Carson Hornung followed with a sacrifice fly later in the inning to stretch the lead to 6-2. 

Collins capped his four-RBI afternoon with a run-scoring groundout in the seventh after Walker Zampella doubled for the second time. 

RedPocket mounted a late push as Bishop blasted his eighth homer of the season in the eighth inning before Kishon Frett added his seventh homer in the ninth, but the comeback fell short. 

Collins and Zampella each collected two hits for Glacier, while Zach Longshore earned the win after allowing two runs over six innings. Alex Bustamante and Jack Maruskin closed out the victory. 

The Range Riders return to Glacier Bank Park on Tuesday to open a six-game series against the Ogden Raptors at 6:35 p.m. 

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Glacier    112    020    10x    -    7    7    0 

Adam Christopher, Billy Rozakis (7), Malik Binns (8), and Josiah Chavez. Zach Longshore, Alex Bustamante (7), Jack Maruskin (9), and Johnny Luetzow. 

REDPOCKET MOBILES — Braylon Bishop 2-4, Spence Coffman 1-4, Jordan Harrison-Dudley 1-4, Justin Johnson 1-4, TJ McKenzie 0-3, Chavez 1-4, Kishon Frett 1-4, Jonathan Smith 2-4, Edward Mateo 0-4. 

GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Alex Fernandes 1-3, Andrew Collins 2-4, Tommy Rover 1-3, Carson Hornung 0-2, Joe McLaughlin 1-4, Brock Vradenburg 0-3, Jacob Steele 0-3, Luetzow 0-3, Walker Zampella 2-3. 

2B — Johnson, Chavez, Smith. Zampella 2, McLaughlin. HR — Bishop 2 (8), Frett (7). Rover (6). RBIs — Bishop 2, Chavez 2, Frett. Collins 4, Rover, Hornung, Steele. 

Range Riders 5, Mobiles 0

Jacob Steele drove in three runs and the Range Riders bullpen combined for a three-hit shutout to beat the Mobiles on Saturday night in Pioneer League baseball. 

Glacier broke through in the third inning when Kyle Ashworth lined a two-run double to center field, scoring Jacob Steele and Tommy Rover for the game's first runs. 

The Range Riders added to the lead in the fourth as Steele drilled a two-run double to center, bringing home Rover and Brock Vradenburg to make it 4-0. 

Steele added his third RBI in the eighth, drawing a bases-loaded walk that forced in Joe McLaughlin to cap the scoring. 

Ashworth finished 2 for 5 with two RBIs, while Steele drove in three runs despite appearing in just two at-bats. Carson Garner also collected two hits as Glacier totaled seven. 

Cole Cressend earned the win after four scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out four. Ryan Humphreys, Davis Pratt and Connor Housley combined to finish the three-hit shutout as the Range Riders kept the Mobiles off the scoreboard all night. 

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Kade Walker, JC Coronado (7), Robbie Coronado (7), Ethan Ross (8), and Josiah Chavez. Cole Cressend, Ryan Humphreys (5), Davis Pratt (7), Connor Housley (9), and Donovan Ratfield. 

REDPOCKET MOBILES — Braylon Bishop 1-4, Spence Coffman 0-4, Jordan Harrison-Dudley 1-4, Justin Johnson 0-3, Chavez 0-3, TJ McKenzie 0-3, Kishon Frett 0-3, Marquis Jackson 0-3, J Smith 1-3. 

GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Alex Fernandes 1-5, Kyle Ashworth 2-5, Ratfield 0-5, Carson Garner 2-3, Brock Vradenburg 1-3, Joe McLaughlin 0-3, Jake Millan 0-3, Tommy Rover 0-1, Jacob Steele 1-1. 

2B — Ashworth, Garner, Vradenburg, Steele. RBIs — Steele 3, Ashworth 2