ROSWELL, NM — For the second straight season the professional baseball team in Adelanto claimed a championship.

The High Desert Yardbirds won the Pecos League title with a 5-2 victory in Game 2 against the Roswell Invaders on Tuesday night to cap their inaugural season. The Yardbirds crushed the Invaders 7-0 in Game 1 on Monday.

The High Desert Mavericks earned the California League title last year in the final season before folding.

The Yardbirds jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning and never looked back. Ronnie Grant scored on an error for the lead.

The Yardbirds capitalized on the Invaders’ mistakes throughout the series. Just one of their five runs Tuesday night was earned. For the series Roswell out-errored High Desert 9-1.

They scored two more runs in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead before the Invaders got on the board. Roswell cut the lead to two with a run in the fifth inning, but the Yardbirds responded with two more runs, including a Shane Brown solo home run, in the top of the sixth.

Jordan Norton started the game and gave the Yardbirds five innings of work on the mound. He allowed six hits and one run, which was earned, and didn’t issue a single walk.

Zak Wallner, AJ Epstein, Avery Brandon and Zach Williams combined to close out the game. Williams entered the game in the ninth inning, allowed a hit and a walk but struck out three batters to end the game.

Blake Butcher was 2 for 3 with a double and two runs scored for the Yardbirds.

A group of Yardbirds fans met to watch the game via live stream at Adelanto Stadium on Tuesday night.

After going 35-27 in the regular season the Yardbirds were 6-2 in the postseason. They had the worst record among the six playoff teams after finishing third in the Pacific Division. The Invaders were 41-22 to finish in second place in the Mountain Division during the regular season.

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