Brusa's 2 HRs deny Range Riders Thursday

Jun. 13—MARYSVILLE, Calif. — Gio Brusa's second solo home run of the game broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning, and the Yuba-Sutter High Wheelers took another narrow win from the Glacier Range Riders Thursday, 2-1.

The loss continued a tough June for the Range Riders, who fell to 1-9 this month and 8-13 overall. They jumped ahead in the first inning on Kingston Liniak's RBI double — it scored Xavier Casserill, who had singled — and got excellent pitching from Grant Taylor and two relievers.

Glacier outhit the High Wheelers (14-7) 7-6 but got none over the final three innings. In the eighth Angel Mendoza reached on a fielder's choice, moved up on Antonio Barranca's groundout and took third on a wiid pitch, but was stranded.

Taylor went six innings, allowing four hits, two walks and both Yuba-Sutter runs; Brusa's first homer came in the fourth inning. Taylor struck out eight. Jacob Hasty worked around two walks in the seventh and Nick Zegna threw a perfect eighth inning, striking out two.

Equal to the task was the Wheelers' Brett Wozniak and three relievers. Wozniak allowed six hits and two walks in five innings, fanning four.

Glacier 100 000 000 — 1 7 0

Yuba-Sutter 000 101 00x — 2 6 1

Grant Taylor, Jacob Hasty (7), Nick Zegna (8) and Antonio Barranca. Brett Wozniak, Sam Drumheller (6), Andrew LaCour (8), Andrew Garcia (9) and Mike Campagna.

GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Logan Beard 1-5, Xavier Casserilla 2-5, Kenneth Levari 0-4, Kingston Liniak 2-3, Jack Lynch 0-2, Angel Mendoza 1-4, Barranca 0-4, Gavin Tonkel 0-4, Kyle Ashworth 1-4.

YUBA-SUTTER HIGH WHEELERS — Josh Duarte 0-4, Connor Denning 0-4, Bobby Lada 0-4, Gio Brusa 2-4, River Orsak 1-3, Cooper Hext 0-3, Parker Coddou 1-2, Leyton Berry 0-3, Campagna 2-3.

2B — Liniak, Morales. HR — Brusa 2. RBIs — Liniak, Brusa 2 (3).