Late Errors Doom Brewers
Published on July 3, 2015 under Pioneer League (PL)
Helena Brewers News Release
The Billings Mustangs (6-8) returned the favor to the Helena Brewers (5-9), winning on a walkoff 4-3 Thursday night in Billings at Dehler Park.
Tanner Rainey was outstanding in the start for Billings, pitching perfect baseball into the fifth inning before being pulled when he gave up back-to-back hits. Rainey was the Reds' second-round selection in this year's draft out of the University of West Alabama.
The Mustangs gained the first lead of the game, scoring a run in the bottom of the third. Zach Shields hit a double with one out and scored on the RBI-single of Blake Trahan off Helena starter Drake Owenby. Trahan has six hits over his last three games.
Owenby, making his Pioneer League debut, pitched four innings, giving up one run on four hits and striking out four. He would not receive a decision.
Jake Gatewood hit his team-leading ninth double in the fifth off Rainey. He scored later on an error by Reydel Medina to tie the game 1-1.
Trailing 2-1 going to the eighth, Troy Stokes lined a single to left to score both Jose Cuas and Carlos Belonis and give the Brewers their first lead of the night at 3-2.
That lead would last into the bottom of the ninth with Junior Rincon (1-1) back for his second inning of relief. Hector Vargas singled to lead off the inning and scored later on an RBI-single from Zach Shields.
The Brewers committed two errors in the inning. Rincon threw an errant ball in to left field and George Iskenderian missed his target at first to allow the winning run to score.
The win snaps a four-game losing streak for the Mustangs and ends Helena's run of wins at two games.
The two teams will meet again tomorrow for the second game of a four-game series at Dehler Park. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.
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