Mustangs Hit Three Homers in Win
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Billings Mustangs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
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Ogden Raptors | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
A rebound game for the Mustangs as they explode for 15 runs to beat the Raptors 15-1.
Pat Maybach collects his third quality start in a row and improves to 3-0. He tossed seven innings giving up just one run on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts.
Pat Mills and Jacob Kline collected two-run home runs, while Travis Holt collects the second grand slam by a Mustang this year.
The Mustangs took a 2-0 lead in the second on a RBI single by Kline, scoring Evan Blum who singled, to go up 1-0. Blake Evans popped up to left field, but Nick Ultsch dropped the ball and Abe Valdez, who doubled, scored, and the Mustangs led 2-0.
The Raptors collected their only run in the second inning. Connor Bagnieski singled to lead it off, and advanced to second on a wild pitch, and advanced to third on a fly ball by Raymond Gil in center. Matthew Golda hit a ball to Pat Mills, and he booted the ball, which allowed Bagnieski to score, and the Raptors made it 2-1.
The Mustangs had a two-run home run by Pat Mills gave the Mustangs some cushion in the third to go up 4-1.
Ryan led off the fifth hit by a pitch and stole second, with an RBI single by Travis Holt gave the Mustangs a 5-1 lead.
Abe Valdez hit home Holt with a single and the Mustangs led 6-1. Jacob Kline put a cherry on top of the fifth with a two-run home run off the scoreboard in left field to go up 8-1.
In the sixth, Mills hit an RBI single to bring home Ryan, who got hit by a pitch for the second time, while Evan Blum brought home Mills, and Holt scored on a passed ball and made it a 11-1 game.
The Mustangs benefited from a scoreless eighth inning by left-hander Sayer Diederich.
Holt hit his grand slam in the ninth inning to give the Mustangs the 15-1 lead.
Trevor Jackson surrendered a leadoff single in the ninth, but struck out the next three batters to give the Mustangs the win.
The Mustangs look for a series win Thursday with Austin Mora on the hill. Coverage starts at 6:10 p.m. with first pitch at 6:35 p.m. on ESPN910/105.5 FM or ESPNbillings.com. You can also watch every pitch on FloBaseball.TV.