Sanger Walks-Off Owlz in Thriller
Published on August 13, 2015 under Pioneer League (PL)
Northern Colorado Owlz News Release
OREM - Brendon Sanger's hot bat delivers in the clutch for Orem tonight as he hit the walk-off double to right field, sending the Owlz to a 9-8 win in the bottom of the 11th. Michael Hermosillo stood at second base with Sanger at the plate, who was already 3-5 with 2 RBI's on the night. The base knock gave Orem a 2-1 series win, extending their streak of not having lost a single series all season.
It was a wild game overall this evening with Austin Byler hitting a two run blast to give Missoula the 8-6 lead heading to the bottom of the 9th. Sanger hit a single to score Juan Moreno making it a 8-7 game. Michael Pierson then stepped up and doubled to left field but unfortunately Sanger was thrown out at the plate. Luckily, Boehm hit a single and Pierson advanced home on the error to tie the game and send it to extras.
Jose Rodriguez got the start and went five strong innings giving up just six hits while striking out seven batters. Overall the Owlz threw an astounding 15 strikeouts as they controlled all parts of the strike zone. Aaron Cox picks up the win, improving to 3-0 this season while recording two strikeouts of his own in the top frame of the 11th. The loss goes to Cody Clark of the Osprey, dropping him to 0-3.
Jared Foster showed off his power again at the plate hitting a homerun for his second straight game, which tied it up a 6 heading to the 9th. Foster along with Pierson both finished the night with 2 RBI's as Orem got their 9 runs off a total of 14 hits.
The Owlz now head up to Montana for a week, with 3 games against Great Falls followed up by 4 versus Missoula.
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