The Brazos Valley Bombers rallied from behind for a huge 5-4 victory over the Coppell Copperheads behind Todd Cunningham’s three hits. Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark was wild with excitement tonight, as Reggy the Purple Party Dude provided the crowd with a season’s worth of entertainment all in one night. Although they fell behind early 4-1, the Bombers never gave up and provided the fans the most exciting comeback of the season. The Bombers used a hit and error to put runners on second and third before Todd Cunningham hit a bloop single in to center field to score Caleb Shofner and Tyler Huelsing. The hit was Cunningham’s third of the night and gave the Bombers the lead for good, 5-4. With the crowd on their feet, Bombers closer Dustin Rasco came out for the save opportunity in the 9th inning. Although he ran into some trouble as he put Andrew Prince and Brock Holt on first and second, he calmly retired the final two Copperhead hitters to pick up his 5th save of the season.
In the second game the McKinney Marshals and the East Texas Pumpjacks the Marshals split the series 1-1. Justin Bloxom of the Marshal got the scoring started in the first when he doubled in Myrio Richard for a 0-1 lead. The Marshals added another run in the third when Del Howell doubled in Bo Coffman for a 0-2 lead. In the fifth with runners on second and third J.B. Brown delivered with a 2 RBI single for a 0-4 lead. The Pumpjacks got on the board in the sixth as J.D. Dunn and Malt Curry both had RBI for a 2-4 lead for the Marshals. In the bottom of the sixth Bo Coffman doubled in a run for a 2-5 Marshals lead. With a runner on in the eight Justin Bloxom homered to right for the 2nd night in a row for a 2-7 lead for the Marshals.