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The first game of the 2021 RRAC Baseball Tournament started out in grand fashion for the Pilots. Payton Robertson opened the game with a lead off home run, which was followed up with two hits and then a massive two run home run that landed beyond the trees for Taylor Fajardo. Kevin Miranda was impressive for the Pilots, but errors kept the Mustang s alive. A two out error on a difficult bounce at first kept the second inning alive for the Mustangs and they went on to score to make the game 4-1. After a couple more scoreless innings for the Pilots offense, an error in right field scored another to keep the Mustangs close. Miranda was then pulled after 5 1/3, giving up six hits, two earned runs with eight strikeouts. Josh Fortenberry was brought in to relieve Miranda, but another error allowed another Mustang run to score to bring the Pilot s lead to 4-3. Fajardo would come to the plate again with the bases empty seeing nothing but low and outside pitches. On a 2-2 count Fajardo spun o