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Ouellette slam lifts Mustangs 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 1 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. Obituaries | Sports | Business | Classifieds | Tempo | Prime Times | So Oregon Sites | Outdoor Journal | Subscribe | Contact | Movies | Advertise | Real Estate Showcase | Archive | Editorials | Letters to the editor | Religion | Wake-up Call | NIE | Cyber Chef | Job Network | So Oregon Weather | WSJ Northwest | Forums | AP Wire | AP Money | F.A.Q. | Awards Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. The Community Newspaper Subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co, Inc Copyright �The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA