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Mustangs club way into title game Jul 05, 2015 12:00 AM A A The Medford Mustangs continued their power surge on Saturday, belting one home run in each of their games to wrap up pool play and secure a spot in the championship game of the Fourth of July Tournament at Reno High in Nevada. Medford traveled to the tourney without a home run under its belt but pushed that number to four in three days as Micah Brown’s grand slam helped the Mustangs earn a 13-3, six-inning win over Yuba City and Josh Berman’s solo homer highlighted an 8-1 victory over Oaks Baseball Club. The Mustangs (21-8) will take on the Sierra Sun Devils at 2 p.m. today in the championship game of the 16-team event. While the home runs were notable so, too, were the pitching performances by Colton Westfall and Jordan Ragan. Each pitcher went the distance and neither walked a batter, with Westfall striking out eight and allowing five hits by Yuba City while Ragan struck out five and allowed four hits by Oaks Baseball. Brown’s second-inning grand slam highlighted a six-run frame for Medford against Yuba City, and he finished with five RBIs overall. Tate Cowden was 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs and Jared Evans 2-for-3 with one run to help the cause. Medford also got RBIs from Ragan, Eric Carlson, Greyson Wolff and Cole Carder. Against Oaks Baseball, Berman smacked a fifth-inning home run off the wall and finished 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI. Carder was 2-for-3 with two runs, while Bryce Rogan had a two-run double in the fourth inning and Evans managed two RBIs. Yuba City;100;020;—;3;5;2 Medford;160;033;—;13;11;2 Boyle, Mayatt (5), Carrillo (6) and Carlos; Westfall and Wolff. W — Westfall. L — Boyle. 2B — M: Cowden, Evans, Zavala, Ragan. HR — YC: Hernandez; M: Brown (2). Oaks Baseball;000;100;0;—;1;4;1 Medford;120;311;x;—;8;9;2 Sparks, Vernon (6) and Behiel, Starkman (7); Ragan and Zavala. W — Ragan. L — Sparks. 2B — M: Rogan, Evans. 3B — M: Berman. HR — M: Berman (1). WCL Baseball BEND 8, MEDFORD 4 : At Bend, Medford’s attempts at a comeback fell short in dropping a second straight West Coast League game against South Division rival Bend. The Rogues (11-12) trailed 7-1 through three innings against the WCL-leading Elks (21-5) before a late attempt at a rally. Medford, which is second in the WCL South to Bend, scored twice in the seventh inning on a two-run single by Andrew Martinez that plated T.K. McWhertor and J.J. Kitaoka to make it 7-3. In the eighth, Dan Mayer doubled and scored on a single by Billy Fredrick. A second-inning triple by Tony Roque led to Medford’s first run on an RBI single by Kitaoka. Roque and Kitaoka each finished 2-for-4. Game 3 of the series will be at 1:05 p.m. today. Medford Rogues;010;000;210;—;4;7;2 Bend Elks;232;010;00x;—;8;13;0 Hostert, Wagner (3), Holloman (6), Schwark (6), Wilson (8) and McWhertor, Lichty (7); Gomez, Albrecht (7), Boone (8) and Kopas. W — Gomez. L — Hostert. 2B — M: Mayer, Kitaoka. 3B — M: Roque; B: Hummel, Grenier. HR — B: Davis (5).