PIONEER LEAGUE
BILLINGS MUSTANGS AT HELENA BREWERS
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GAME ID: 5661 - THURSDAY, JULY 9TH , 2111 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Billings Mustangs (13-8) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 2 10 15 2
Helena Brewers (8-13) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 10 3
Mustangs Win 4th Straight, Take Down Brewers, 10-5
Billings right-hander Ralph Taggart pitched his team to victory over the Helena Brewers at Kindrick Legion Field. The final score was 10-5. Taggart picked up the win for Billings, going 5.1 innings. He gave up 1 run on 4 hits. He now sports a record of 2-0. The Mustangs have a winning streak of 4 games.

Billings used the hitting of Mario Tapia to pick up the win. The second baseman clubbed a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning to put the Mustangs on top, 3-1. For the game, Tapia had 1 home run and 2 singles in 6 at-bats.

"We'll keep playing hard and let the chips fall where they may," said Billings manager Jon Koehn.
BILLINGS BATTING LINESCORE HELENA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Sickle CF 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 .270 1 11
C. Sapia RF 5 1 1 1 1 1 6 .385 0 4
L. Vasquez 1B 6 0 2 0 0 1 5 .250 0 0
M. Tapia 2B 6 2 3 1 0 0 5 .500 2 3
A. Grooms 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .296 1 6
   b-J. Dwyer PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 1 3
I. Jimenez SS 4 3 2 2 0 1 1 .282 0 6
A. Carranza DH 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .333 0 2
   a-F. Kristensen DH 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 1 4
R. Normandeau LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 .188 2 7
V. Ramirez C 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .194 0 0
Totals 43 10 15 8 3 5 31      
a - F. Kristensen inserted as DH in the 8th
b - J. Dwyer pinch hit for A. Grooms in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Normandeau (3, 2nd Inning off D. Avila, 1 on, 2 outs) , I. Jimenez (4, 6th Inning off D. Avila, 1 on, 0 outs) , A. Grooms (3, 6th Inning off D. Avila, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Carranza (1, 6th Inning off D. Avila, 1 on, 0 outs)
Triples: I. Jimenez (1, 4th Inning off D. Avila, 1 on, 1 out) , S. Sickle (2, 8th Inning off M. Viera, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Tapia (2, 6th Inning off D. Avila, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Sickle 4 , C. Sapia , L. Vasquez 2 , M. Tapia 6 , A. Grooms 3 , I. Jimenez 5 , A. Carranza 2 , R. Normandeau 3
2-out RBI: S. Sickle , C. Sapia , R. Normandeau
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , L. Vasquez 2 , M. Tapia 3 , J. Dwyer , V. Ramirez
Hit by Pitch: I. Jimenez , R. Normandeau , V. Ramirez
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: C. Sapia 2 (2) , M. Tapia (2)
CS: M. Tapia (1)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Grooms 2 (3)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
P. Pontius 3B 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .228 1 5
U. Mendoza LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .231 3 9
   a-C. Plesser PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .270 0 2
J. Valdes 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 .164 2 5
J. Morales 1B 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 .311 0 3
D. Driggers CF 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .217 2 7
C. Deal SS 3 0 0 1 0 3 3 .224 1 5
B. Lombardi C 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 .243 1 2
A. Nunez DH 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .292 0 1
J. Unknown RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 4 1 13 17      
a - C. Plesser pinch hit for U. Mendoza in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Driggers (6, 8th Inning off J. Edwards, 2 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: P. Pontius (1, 9th Inning off B. Castillio, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: P. Pontius 5 , J. Valdes , J. Morales , D. Driggers 3 , B. Lombardi , A. Nunez 2 , J. Unknown
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: U. Mendoza , J. Valdes 2 , A. Nunez , J. Unknown
Sac Fly: C. Deal
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: P. Pontius (13) , A. Nunez (1)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Morales (1) , C. Deal 2 (4)
BILLINGS PITCHING LINESCORE HELENA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Taggart W (2-0) 5.1 4 1 0 0 8 0 85 1.54   
J. Edwards 2.1 5 3 3 1 2 0 47 11.57   
B. Castillio 1.1 1 1 1 0 3 1 15 1.59   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Taggart 66
Batters Faced: R. Taggart 22, J. Edwards 13, B. Castillio 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Taggart 3-5, J. Edwards 2-3, B. Castillio 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Taggart 85-56, J. Edwards 47-30, B. Castillio 15-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Castillio 2-1
WP: B. Castillio
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Carballo 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 4.20   
D. Avila L (1-2) 4.0 8 5 5 0 3 1 59 3.20   
F. Ramirez 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 29 9.64   
M. Viera 1.0 3 3 2 0 0 0 24 10.12   
S. Williamson 1.0 1 2 1 1 1 0 27 11.25   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Carballo 42
Batters Faced: E. Carballo 5, D. Avila 20, F. Ramirez 8, M. Viera 8, S. Williamson 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Carballo 2-0, D. Avila 4-5, F. Ramirez 2-2, M. Viera 0-3, S. Williamson 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: E. Carballo 23-14, D. Avila 59-38, F. Ramirez 29-16, M. Viera 24-15, S. Williamson 27-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Avila 1-0 , F. Ramirez 1-0
Hit Batsmen: F. Ramirez , M. Viera , S. Williamson
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ralph Taggart
Ballpark: Kindrick Legion Field
Weather: Clear skies (68 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM MT
Time: 3:43
Attendance: 1996
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