Range Riders win slugfest, snap skid at 4 games

BILLINGS — Cam Magee knocked in three runs and the Glacier Range Riders survived a late push from Billings in a 12-10 win on Wednesday night in Pioneer League baseball.

Glacier (13-7) collected 14 hits and drew 12 walks. 

The Range Riders jumped in front early with three runs in the second inning. Kyle Ashworth drew a bases-loaded walk before Tommy Rover lined a two-run single though the ride side for a 3-0 lead. 

After adding another run in the third, Glacier broke things open in the fourth. Magee ripped a three-run double, scoring Joe McLaughlin, Edrick Felix, and Jake Millan to make it 7-2. 

Billings answered with four runs in the sixth and cut the deficit to 10-8 behind a two-run double from Cameron Bowen.  

Glacier continued to answer. Logan Beard scored on a Billings error in the eighth inning before Donovan Ratfield added an RBI single in the ninth to make it 12-8. 

The Mustangs made things interesting in the bottom of the ninth when Charlie Muniz launched a two-run homer, but Jack Maruskin closed out the victory. 

Rover finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs, while Millan homered and scored twice. McLaughlin crossed the plate three times for Glacier. 

The series continues Thursday in Billings. 

Glacier    031    303    011    -    12    14    1 

Billings    020    024    002    -    10    8    2

Jonah Giblin, Jacob Hasty (6), Connor Housley (7), Jack Maruskin (8), and Donovan Ratfield. Hudson Boncal, Josh Tucker (3), Hayden Mullins (5), Ritter Steinmann (7), Nate Naccarato (9), CJ Colyer (9) and Charlie Muniz. 

GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Andrew Collins 0-2, Kyle Ashworth 2-4, Tommy Rover 3-5, Jake Millan 2-6, Ratfield 1-6, Edrick Felix 1-4, Joe McLaughlin 2-4, Carson Garner 1-2, Logan Beard 0-5, Carson Hornung. 

BILLINGS MUSTANGS — Cameron Bowen 2-5, Michael Soper 1-5, Adam Cootway 0-5, Demias Jimerson 1-3, Muniz 1-3, Kyle Micklus 0-4, CJ Valdez 1-3, John McHenry 1-2, Bodee Wright 1-2. 

2B — Rover, McLauglin, Magee. Bowen, Wright. HR — Millan. Muniz. RBIs — Magee 3, Rover 2, Garner 2, Collins, Ashworth, Millan, Ratfield. Bowen 4, Muniz 2, Valdez 2, Micklus, Wright.