Sixth-inning outburst lifts PaddleHeads over Riders
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Charles Dean drove in three runs and Missoula used a six-run sixth inning to pull away for an 11-5 win over the Glacier Range Riders on Friday night in Pioneer League baseball.
Glacier (15-13) came out swinging, taking a 3-0 lead through two innings. Tommy Rover delivered a two-run single in the first and Jacob Steele added an RBI double in the second.
The PaddleHeads (14-14) chipped away before breaking the game open.
After scoring five runs in the fourth to grab a 5-3 lead, Glacier answered with runs in the fourth and fifth to tie it at 5-5. Joe McLaughlin scored on a wild pitch in the fourth and Carson Hornung brought home Rover with a sacrifice fly an inning later.
Missoula seized control in the sixth as Dean opened the inning with a solo homer before Santiago Gutierrez ripped a two-run double. Nich Klemp then put the finishing touches on the rally with a three-run homer to right, giving the PaddleHeads an 11-5 advantage.
Dean and Klemp finished 2-for-4, and Gutierrez added three RBIs.
Steele led Glacier with a 2-for-3 night, while Rover drove in two runs. Alex Fernandes, Donovan Ratfield, and Carson Garner added doubles.
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Jaren Jackson, Mark Timmins (8), Matthew Taubensee (9), and Sergio Gutierrez. Evan Langston, Jacob Hasty (7), Connor Housley (9), and Donovan Ratfield.
MISSOULA PADDLEHEADS — Williams Bermudez 1-3, Nich Klemp 2-4, Enzo Apodaca 0-5, Charles Dean 2-4, Tyler Stone 0-4, Xavier Casserilla 1-3, Michael Koszewski 2-3, Gutierrez 1-5, Jeremy Piatkiewicz 0-3.
GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Alex Fernandes 1-4, Kyle Ashworth 1-4, Tommy Rover 1-3, Ratfield 1-4, Carson Hornung 1-4, Jake Millan 0-5, Joe McLaughlin 1-4, Carson Garner 1-3, Jacob Steele 2-3.
2B — Dean, Casserilla, Koszewski, Gutierrez. Fernandes, Ratfield, Garner, Steele. HR — Klemp (7), Dean (3). RBIs — Klemp 3, Dean 3, Gutierrez 3, Casserilla, Koszewski. Rover 2, Hornung, Steele.