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Muir is known for its football and girls basketball prowess, and in its heyday track was also in the mix. More recently, the boys basketball team grabbed the spotlight after reaching the CIF-Southern Section Division 5AA finals this season.

Baseball’s taken a back seat since winning only three games in six years before the start of this season. Muir, however, made a bit of team history Tuesday when it won its first Pacific League game in five years after mounting a strong fifth inning comeback to beat Glendale, 10-8.

Muir (2-16, 1-8) trailed 8-2 heading into the fifth. The Mustangs rallied for five runs thanks to a Sam Hutchins two-run home run that pulled them within 8-7. Kevon Seymour’s three-run home run in the sixth inning that gave the Mustangs the lead for good, and their first league win since beating Blair 11-3 in the 2006-07 season when they went 3-18 overall and 1-13 in league.

“We struggled for a couple years but we have some kids who want to play,” said Muir coach Mike Bendy, who is in his fourth season at the helm. “The kids just rallied. They started hitting the ball and it just carried over to the next batter. That got them pumped up.”

Senior Jeffrey Davis, a standout quarterback who led the Mustangs to the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Southeast Division playoffs, went the distance to record his second win of the season. He also recorded a triple and a double. Seymour finished with four RBIs.

BOX SCORE
Pacific League
Muir 10, Glendale 8

Glendale 511 100 0 — 8 7 2
Muir 100 153 X — 10 9 2

Daniel Aragon; Joseph Franco (5) and Rafael Rios; Jeffrey Davis and Martin Sanchez and Sam Hutchins (2). HR: Hutchins (M), Kevon Seymour (M). 3B: Davis (M). 2B: Davis (M), Covarrubias (G), Morales (G). RBI: Seymour (M) 4. W: Davis (2-4). L: Franco.

Records: Glendale 3-9, 1-8; Muir 2-16, 1-8.