Taylor, Clayton, bullpen lift Range Riders to win
Glacier's Crews Taylor (32) celebrates after a two-run home run in the first inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Jackson Raper (14) connects on a single in the third inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Range Rider third baseman Jackson Raper (14) throws to first after fielding a ground ball in the first inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier right fielder Crews Taylor (32) tracks down a fly ball in the first inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Ben Fitzgerald (6) connects on a single in the first inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier second baseman Mason Dinesen (23) throws to first for an out in the second inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Dean Miller (30) connects on a double in the third inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier shortstop Gabe Howell (10) throws to first after fielding a ground ball hit by Great Falls' Dilan Espinal in the sixth inning at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier shortstop Gabe Howell (10) watches a ground ball into his glove hit by Great Falls' Dilan Espinal in the sixth inning at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier starting pitcher Pat Miner (15) delivers in the first inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Crews Taylor (32) connects on a two-run home run in the first inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Matt Clayton (11) brings in two runs with a single in the third inning against the Great Falls Voyagers at Glacier Bank Park on Wednesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Crews Taylor homered, Matt Clayton drove in two runs and the Glacier Range Riders held off Great Falls 6-5 in Pioneer League baseball Wednesday at Glacier Bank Park.
The Range Riders (13-11) made up a 2-0 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the first, capped by Taylor’s 2-run homer. That inning was helped when Matt Clayton’s two-out drive to center field was dropped for an error, scoring Ben Fitzgerald with Glacier’s second run.
Clayton added a 2-run single in the third inning. Those runs turned out to be big because the Voyagers (8-16) got a two-run homer from Billy Hancock in the fourth.
Neither team scored again. Glacier starting pitcher Patrick Miner scattered eight hits and a walk in five innings, and left with a 6-5 lead. He struck out five and his record improved to 2-3.
Joseph Kinsky, Roy Robles, John Natoli and Justin Coleman each threw a scoreless inning. Coleman struck out two and earned his first save.
The Voyagers and Range Riders play four more times on this home stand. Thursday’s game starts at 7:05 p.m.
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Shane Gustafson, Brady Held (6), Brad Demco (7), Payton Harris (8) and Billy Hancock.
Patrick Miner, Joseph Kinsky (6), Roy Robles (7), John Natoli (8), Justin Coleman (9) and Matt Clayton.
GREAT FALLS VOYAGERS — Jake Malec 1-5, Riley Jepson 1-3, Gustafson 0-0, Collin Runge 2-4, Jaylyn Williams 0-3, Derek Kolbush 2-4, Eddie McCabe 1-3, Cal Bocchino 0-4, Hancock 1-4, Dilan Espinal 0-4.
GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Gabe Howel 0-3, Jackson Raper 2-3, Clayton 2-4, Dean Miller 1-4, Ben Fitzgerald 1-4, Ben McConnell 0-0, Crews Taylor 1-3, Kingston Liniak 0-3, Nick Lucky 0-3, Mason Dinesen 0-3.
2B — Runge 2, Kolbush, Miller. HR — Hancock (1), Taylor (3). RBIs — Hancock 2, Runge, Williams, Kolbush, Clayton 2, Taylor 4, Fitzgerald.
