AUSTIN — Jordan Hahne has come up clutch for the McNeil Mavericks before, but not like he did on Thursday afternoon.
Hahne smacked a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning to lift the Mavericks to a 14-2 mercy rule win over the Bastrop Bears on opening day of the 2010 Langerhans Invitational.
It was Hahne’s second walk-off home run of the season for McNeil.
Bastrop was held without a hit through the first two innings as the Mavericks built a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first thanks to a pair of RBI-doubles from  Dave Rodriguez and Hahne.
Rodriguez also had a big day at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a double, triple and scoring three runs.
The Bears finally got a hit in the third inning when Kegan Johnson smacked a single to left field, sending Mike Hancock to third.
Hancock was plated on an RBI-single by Cade Staton to put the Bears on the scoreboard, trailing by two runs going into the bottom of the third inning.
That’s when everything fell apart for Bastrop.
McNeil’s Aaron Douglass reached first on an error and then Hanhe got his second double to send Douglass home.
Johnson hit the next McNeil Batter who then reached home on a fielder’s choice.
By the end of the inning, the Mavericks had built a 7-1 lead thanks to two Bear errors.
“We were not backing up our pitcher very well (Thursday),” said Bastrop head coach Mark Williams. “We need to play better defense. (Johnson) is one of our more consistent pitchers, but our defense didn’t do a very good job backing him up.”
McNeil added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning, thanks to a sacrifice by Hahne.
The Mavericks’ senior first baseman went 3 for 3 with two doubles, a home run and six RBIs.
Bastrop didn’t quit and Hancock picked up the Bears’ only other run with a home run of his own.
That was it for Bastrop’s bats as McNeil pitcher Sam Smith gave up three hits and two earned runs.
Johnson took the loss in four innings of work, giving up four earned runs and eight hits.