Home, sweet home.
After struggling during their recent road stretch, the Texarkana Twins rolled back to town and had an emphatic series-opening victory over the Texas Marshals, 8-7, with a late rally on Wednesday night at George Dobson Field in Spring Lake Park.
Behind for much of the game, the Twins bounced back in the eighth to bring home four runs to knot the score, 7-7, before walking it off in the bottom of the ninth.
The Marshals walked two of the first three batters of the final frame to put runners on the corner and Ross Mussina ripped the walk-off single to right field to score second baseman Dylan Ditzenberger for the winning run.
Down 7-3 in the eighth, Coltyn Kessler, Ditzenberger, Hudson Hopkins and Mussina all scored to set up the rally.
Kessler and Ditzenberger led the inning off with back-to-back singles and Hopkins juiced the bases with a walk. The next batter, Tanner Sparks, delivered an RBI-single and Mussina followed up with a fielder's choice to score Hopkins.
Mississippi State product Gunner Halter, who was drafted in the 26th round of the MLB draft on Wednesday by the Cleveland Indians, finished off the scoring with an RBI.
Texarkana dug deep into its bullpen to hold off the Marshals after a five-run fourth inning. The Twins brought in five pitchers throughout the night, with Colby Atkins getting the win, and the staff combined for 11 strikeouts.
Ditzenberger led the Twins at the plate with three hits, and teammates Kensler and Halter finished with two each, including a double by the latter.
The Twins will be back in action tonight against the Marshals. First pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m.