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Salt Lake Bees hold off El Paso Chihuahuas 5-4

The Salt Lake Bees used three home runs to defeat the El Paso Chihuahuas 5-4 in a PCL game Saturday night at Smith’s Ballpark.

Justin Bour put the Bees on the board first with a two-run shot in the first inning, and Jose Rojas hit a solo shot in the second to give Salt Lake a 3-0 lead.

In the fifth, Salt Lake’s Taylor Ward hit a two-run homer to extend the lead 5-1.

The Chihuahuas scored two runs in the sixth inning and got within a run in the ninth on a solo home run from Aderlin Rodriguez before Bees reliever Miguel Del Pozo was able to shut the door to collect his second save of the season.