Rafael Ortega slid under the tag of catcher Rob Vaughn on a suicide squeeze by David Kandilas in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Ghosts a 6-5 win over the Great Falls Voyagers at Mike Lansing Field.
Tyler Gagnon’s league leading 1.80 ERA stayed the same as he allowed 1 run over five innings, but he got a no decision despite leaving the game with the lead.
Casper grabbed an early lead in the second inning. Corey Dickerson led off the inning with a single. He scored on an RBI double by Kandilas, who would score on an RBI single by Ryan Casteel with two outs to give the Ghosts a 2-0 lead.
Great Falls would get on the board with a run in the third. Dusty Harvard led off the inning with a triple, and would score on an RBI single by Ryan Lee. The Ghosts got that run back in the bottom of the inning when Ortega led off with a triple, and was driven in with two outs on a Blake McDade single.
Corey Dickerson’s RBI double in the fifth made it 4-1 Ghosts, but in the seventh Great Falls would battle back with the help of some shaky Ghosts defense.
They would score four unearned runs in the inning as the Ghosts committed three errors. The tying and go ahead runs would score on a 2-run single by Kyle Davis. That gave them a 5-4 lead.
The Ghosts would tie the game in the eighth after the first two batters of the inning reached base, and in the ninth they would win it.
Ortega led off the inning with a walk, he got to second on a sac bunt by Brett Tanos. Dickerson was walked intentionally, and McDade singled to shallow left field to load the bases. That setup Kandilas who was able to execute the squeeze bunt to win the game for the Ghosts.
The Ghosts are now 11-13 on the season, and they’ll go for the sweep Friday night against the Voyagers. First pitch is set for 7:05.
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