Late blast propels Mavs past Ellsworth

Late blast propels Mavs past Ellsworth

Bryan Burgos cranked a walk-off two-run home run in the 7th to rally NOC Tonkawa past Ellsworth 7-6 Sunday afternoon.

NOC (21-4) is ranked 16th in the latest NJCAA poll.

The Mavs trailed 6-5 in the 7th when Eric Gutierrez singled and then scored on Burgos' blast with two outs.  Burgos had five runs batted in on the day.

Luke Quick had three hits for the Mavs while Joey Pena added two hits for NOC.

Chase Bridges tossed 5.1 innings in relief of Tyler Kisner.  Bridges allowed one earned run and struck out six.

The Mavs also won the completion of a suspended game 15-14 on an error in the 9th inning scoring Matt Yates.

Mavs 7, Ellsworth 6

                123 456 789--R  H  E

Ellsworth   200 110 020-- 6 13 4

Mavs         200 002 102--7 11  4

Mavs--Kisner, Bridges (4) and Harper.  2B--Harper.  HR--Burgos.  SB--Trevino, Quick.  W--Bridges (2-0)

Mavs 15, Ellsworth 14

                123 456 789--R   H   E

Ellsworth  151 400 300--14 18  4

Mavs       301 020 531--15  15  3

Mavs--Bridges, Lohrengel (3), Moore (4), Wilson (4), Snider (6), Armstrong (7) and Pena.  2B--Quick, Pena, Marlatt, Burgos. 3B-A. Francis.  SB--MacNaughton 3, Yates.  W--Armstrong.