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Mashed Potatoes! Sasquatch sweep series against the Spuds

Date:  Source: Spearfish Sasquatch

The Spearfish Sasquatch broke a franchise record with 22 runs against the Canyon County Spuds in a 22-11 victory to complete the sweep.

The Sasquatch offense erupted for 24 hits total, with every player in the starting lineup getting on base and eight players recording at least one hit. Catcher Chandler Ibach finished 5-5 with a base on balls while outfielder Ben Parker hit two triples with the team recording nine extra-base hits.

Nico Saldias got the win with 3.1 innings pitched with only three hits allowed and one run in his second appearance of the season. It was also Saldias's second win of the season. Dante Schmid got the start on the mound in his Sasquatch debut, throwing 1.2 innings pitched with four runs given up.

Leadoff man Rey Lozano went 4-6 at the plate with a three-run triple in the third inning in which the Sasquatch scored five runs. After jumping out to a four-run lead in the first after a three-run blast from Ryan Bachman - his second home run of the season - the Spuds came back to tie it in the second.

After the Spuds scored one more run in the fifth inning to make it a 9-5 game, the Sasquatch scored 10 unanswered including a seven-run inning in the fourth. Andrew Lalum and Chandler Ibach singled back-to-back to start it off before Matthew Escamilla's RBI single and Rey Lozano's three-run triple.

The Sasquatch improves to 4-1 on the season and will host the Pierre Trappers for a two-game stand before hitting the road next week.