Taylor’s gem powers Range Riders victory

Grant Taylor threw eight shutout innings and the Glacier Range Riders defeated the Yuba-Sutter High Wheelers 6-0 Thursday at Glacier Bank Park.

Taylor fanned four batters and allowed six hits to move to 6-6 on the season. The win moves Glacier back above .500 in the second half at 17-16. 

The second inning is where most of the offensive damage came from Glacier as two singles and a walk loaded the bases for Donovan Ratfield to drive in two runs with a double. Next batter, Kyle Ashworth plated two more with a single to give the Range Riders a 4-0 lead. 

John Mabry made it 5-0 in the fifth with a single that brought Ashworth home. 

Lynch capped off the scoring with an RBI single in the seventh that scored TJ Clarkson. 

Yuba-Sutter (13-20) had six different batters pick up hits in the game. 

Davis Pratt closed out the ninth inning for the Range Riders with a perfect inning. 

The teams continue their six-game series Friday at 7:05 p.m. 

Yuba-Sutter    000    000    000    -    0    6    0 

Glacier    040    010    10x    -    6    8    0 

Christian Womble, Jack Martin (6), Conner Langrell (8), Sam Drumheller (8) and Otto Jones. Grant Taylor, Davis Pratt (9) and Donovan Ratfield. 

YUBA-SUTTER HIGH WHEELERS — River Orsak 1-4, Garret Pike 1-4, Bobby Lada 0-4, Gio Brusa 0-3, Cuba Bess 1-4, Evan Berkley 1-3, Cooper Hext 1-3, Connor Denning 0-3, Otto Jones 1-3. 

GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — TJ Clarkson 0-3, John Mabry 1-4, Jack Lynch 1-4, Kingston Liniak 1-4, Gabe Howell 1-4, Kenneth Levari 0-4, Carson Garner 1-2, Donovan Ratfield 1-4, Kyle Ashworth 2-3. 

2B — Pike. Ratfield. RBIs — Ratfield 2, Ashworth 2, Mabry, Lynch.