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2000-07-07

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Ouellette slam lifts Mustangs Jul 07, 2000 12:00 AM A A Phil Ouellette picked a good time to hit his first home run of the season. Ouellette cracked a grand slam that highlighted an eight-run fifth inning Thursday night at Miles Field as the Medford Mustangs rallied past Bay Area of Coos Bay 11-5 in the first game of an Area 4 doubleheader. The Mustangs completed a sweep with a 9-4 victory in the nightcap. Medford trailed 5-3 going into the bottom of the fifth in the opening game when the fireworks began. Charlie Jensen homered deep to left to make it 5-4. Matt Skundrick then drew a walk, Evan McArthur singled and Ken Halpin was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Quellette followed with his bases-clearing clout deep to right center that gave the Mustangs an 8-5 lead. The Mustangs added two more runs in the inning thanks to an error and Dan Bruce's RBI single. Tony Conklin allowed just one hit in 2 2/3 innings of relief to pick up the win in Game — and improve his record to 6-1. In Game 2, Medford overcame a 4-3 deficit with a fourth-run fourth inning and never looked back. Shawn Backstrom's two-run single and Travis Dunlap's two-run triple fueled the uprising. The sweep improved Medford's Area 4 record to 5-3 and its overall mark to 24-11. The Mustangs meet Lakeridge in a non-league game today at Miles Field beginning at 7 p.m. — FIRST GAME Bay Area........................................ 003 020 0 — 5 10 2 Medford .......................................102 080 x — 11 10 2 Fitzgerald and Hogg; Empio, Conklin (5) and Shine. W — Conklin (6-1). L — Fitzgerald. 2B — BA: Wangerin, Hunt; M — Ouellette, Bruce. HR — BA: Lancaster; M: Ouellette (1), Jensen (4). — SECOND GAME Bay Area.......................................... 301 000 0 — 4 6 2 Medford .........................................030 402 x — 9 10 0 Brelage, Richards (6) and Espinoza; Skundrick and Shine. W — Skundrick (5-2). L — Brelage. 2B — — BA: Johnson 2. 3B — M: Dunlap.