Your NTX Thunderbirds used a late inning rally to almost squeak out a W, but settled for a tie against Modoc.

Marc Boggio threw 5 stellar innings, scattering 5 hits and working around 5 walks and a few Thunderbird errors to minimize the damage all night and keep hopes alive for a late inning run. Sean House threw a scoreless 6th to close the night.

Trailing 5-0 heading into the last inning, Cliff Brade worked a walk, Brent Smerczynski reached on an error and Boggio walked to load the bases. Dustin Harrison reached on an error by the third baseman, scoring Brade and keeping the bases loaded. Don Massoud came up and promptly laced a 2 run single to left. After a caught stealing, Rob Carroll smoked a double to left, then moved to third on a wild pitch. Bodie Wilson got to first on a misplayed ball to the first baseman scoring Carroll and tying the game at 5 where it would end after a Ryan Karonka walk and a comebacker to the pitcher to end the comeback.

The 8-2-1 Birds return to action next Thursday against the Pelicans for a 6:30 contest at McInnish #11.