Kaleb Rogers skillfully earned another win for the Rattlers and kept the Mustangs scoreless in his 4 innings pitched. In his solid performance, Kaleb faced 16 batters, striking out 2 and walking 1 with 46 pitches. Javier Cuevas pitched 2 innings in relief for the Rattlers, shutting down the Mustangs offense with 1 recorded strikeout, 1 walk, and 0 runs.
Michael Yzaguirre, aka”Big Mike”, lead the offense with 2 hits. Cuevas, Karsten Holman, Matthew Butler, and Jeter Battles each contributed 1 hit. The Rattlers’ bats lit up in the 4th inning when the lead-off hitter, Cuevas, smoked a fly ball single to CF. With bases loaded, Big Mike knocked in the first run of the game, scoring Cuevas with a hard hit single to LF. Karsten Holman added 2 RBIs when he crushed a ball to LF, scoring Robledo and Yzaguirre.
Magnolia West pulled within 1 run in the 5th inning, making it a 4-3 ball game. Reagan blew it open in the top of the 6th when Butler hit a clutch shot to RF scoring 2. Battles padded the lead with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Butler.
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