Range Riders rally behind Ashworth's four hits
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Kyle Ashworth went 4-for-4 and drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as the Glacier Range Riders rallied past the RedPocket Mobiles 6-5 Friday night in Pioneer League baseball at Glacier Bank Park.
Glacier (20-14) answered quickly after the Mobiles (7-27) hit a pair of first-inning home runs to build a 3-0 lead. In the bottom half, Donovan Ratfield drove in the first run with a single to center field, Joe McLaughlin added an RBI single and Jacob Steele lined a two-run single to cap a four-run first inning.
RedPocket’s Braylon Bishop hit his second homer of the game and fourth of the season in the third inning to tie it before Justin Johnson added his 11th long ball of the year in the fourth to even the score again at 5-5.
Glacier regained the lead for good in the sixth. Andrew Collins reached base before Ashworth lined an RBI single to score the eventual winning run.
Ashworth added a stolen base to his perfect night at the plate, while Carson Garner drove in a run as Glacier finished with 11 hits.
Aidan Elfering settled in after the opening inning, allowing five runs on nine hits while striking out six over five innings. Ryan Humphreys, Lance Wade and Connor Housley combined four scoreless innings of relief to preserve the victory.
The win was Glacier's fourth straight with series continuing Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at Glacier Bank Park.
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Glacier 401 001 00x - 6 11 0
Ubaldo Romo, Miles Garrett (6), Billy Rozakis (7), Juan Abreu (8), and Josiah Chavez. Aiden Elfering, Ryan Humphreys (6), Lance Wade (7), Connor Housley (9), and Donovan Ratfield.
REDPOCKET MOBILES — Braylon Bishop 2-4, Spence Coffman 3-4, Hector Nieves 2-4, Jordan Harrison-Dudley 1-4, Cavez 0-4, Justin Johnson 1-4, Kishon Frett 0-4, Maury Weaver 0-3, Marquis Jackson 0-3.
GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Kyle Ashworth 4-4, Carson Hornung 1-4, Ratfield 1-4, Jake Millan 1-4, Joe McLaughlin 2-4, Jacob Steele 1-4, Carson Garner 1-2, Andrew Collins 0-3, Alex Fernandes 0-1, Logan Beard 0-3, Tommy Rover 0-1.
2B — Nieves. Ashworth, Garner. HR — Bishop 2 (4), Harrison-Dudley (9), Johnson (11). RBIs — Bishop 2, Harrison-Dudley 2, Johnson. Steele 2, Ashworth, Ratfield, McLaughlin, Garner.