Chris Drebes drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth, giving the Mariners B team a walk-off 5-4 win against the defending Senior Babe Ruth state champion Missoula Pioneers.
Drebes was the one that brought home Davin "The Pride of St. Ignatius" Sorrell, but it was Nick Crawford who kept the Pioneers at bay for most of the game. He flustered their loaded lineup and went the complete game with a gutty, gritty performance worthy of a big league pitcher.
Crawford went eight innings and struck out seven. He had a no-hitter going through four innings and a shutout through five.
Mission Valley, meanwhile, took the 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Bradley Pichler reached on an error and was able to drive home Zeke Webster Yaqui.
The Missoula Pioneers would strike in the top of the sixth with three runs off a single and a passed ball. However, the Mariners answered right back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame. Alex Killian drove in a run with a single, Kellen Hoyt plated one off an error and Drebes had an RBI thanks to a fielder's choice.
That put the Mariners up 4-3, but a baulk in the top of the seventh tied things up and a quick three-up, three-down by Mission Valley took it into extra innings.
The M's rally in the bottom of the eighth ended it and gave them a win in their second game of the Firecracker tournament. They outhit the Pioneers 9-4 in the game while both teams committed two errors.
MISSOULA - 000 - 003 - 10 - 4
MISSION VALLEY - 100 - 003 - 01 - 5
Missoula - 4 hits and two errors. Mission Valley - 9 hits and two errors.
Mariners batting - Mike Bournstein 0-4, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 2-4, Bradley Pichler 1-3, Thomas Wallace 2-2, Davin Sorrell 1-3, Alex Killian 2-4, Kellen Hoyt 0-2, Chris Drebes 1-3, David Cleveland 0-3, Jarod Young 0-1. RBIs - Pichler, Killian, Drebes.
M pitching - Nick Crawford (8 IP, 7K)
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