Community R-6 wanted to be in big moments on Tuesday.

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In a home game moved to Mexico High School due to wet field conditions from earlier weather, the Trojans defeated Central Activities Conference foe Glasgow 11-6 after scoring seven unanswered runs and seven two-out runs. Their top of the order of seniors -- Eli Johnson, Mason Rohan and Mason Carroll -- hit a two-RBI double, a RBI triple and a RBI double for four two-out runs in the sixth inning.

Head coach Joel Krato said Community (9-5, 4-1 CAC) had plenty of that and was effectively emulating Jose Bautista in 2015. The former Toronto Blue Jays slugger hit a game-winning three-RBI home run to win the deciding American League Division Series game 6-3 against the Texas Rangers and then celebrated with what is called the "bat flip heard around the world."

"We rewatched the inning where Jose Bautista in the playoffs hits the seventh-inning home run and flips the bat," Krato said. '"You guys should want that moment. You should want to be there in that moment and be celebrating like that.'"

Bautista, as he told Shi Davidi of Sportsnet, after that moment said it seemed like the Blue Jays' home stadium of Rogers Centre was "coming down" and the world was "shaking." There weren't any bat flips following any no-doubter home runs, but there was plenty of screaming from his hitters on the bases and from the dugout.

Krato said Johnson had a "terrible" at-bat to start the game but then followed that with three hits for a day that included two RBI, a triple and a double. Johnson had harsh self-criticism for his hitting lately but is glad the Trojans stepped up at a good time.

"It was a big game, and everybody needed me, Mason (Carroll) and all of us to hit good," Johnson said. "It's all about attitude and mindset. I had a bad first AB, and a lot of us did. There were a few bad plays, but we just had that dog energy."

Having three of his seniors with a combined 11 years of varsity starting experience follow each other with big hits in the sixth inning  to give the Trojans breathing room demonstrated Krato's pregame message.

"Those are guys that want that moment," Krato said. "Those are guys who have wanted to play in a district championship twice, have won a district championship, played in the Final Four and played in the quarterfinals."

Glasgow (2-9, 0-5 CAC) went in winless in conference play but have only lost by a combined six runs to state-ranked Cairo and Pilot Grove, who are two of Community's next three opponents as it goes for a conference title. With that being said, Krato said the Trojans didn't want to take the Yellowjackets lightly.

The only measure of the Trojans holding back was saving Carroll mostly for Thursday's 5 p.m. home matchup with Class 1 No. 7 Cairo (10-3, 5-1 CAC). Mason Rohan still struck out eight and only walked two through five innings, and Krato said he held his own against an aggressive offense.

"They're not bad," Krato said. "They've got good athletes because they're good at basketball. You know it's going to come down to whatever happens on the field."

Glasgow displayed its athleticism while running around the bases on a few misplayed balls in the outfield, Krato said, as defense could have been better. However, Community's offense responded with two-RBI hits from Drake Welch and Lane Carter, for instance.

Carroll picked up a big two-RBI hit as well in the fifth inning after taking  pitch to the opposite field, tying the game at six and scoring the go-ahead run two batters later on an error by the catcher. 

"I just took the pitch that was outside and took it the other way," Carroll said. 

After so much running, Carroll found out he needed a little breather when he went out for his first inning on the mound. Krato made a special visit to the mound to help out his ace pitcher.

"It was my nose," Carroll said with a laugh. "I couldn't breathe out of it."

Rohan was ecstatic after hitting his RBI triple in the sixth inning.

"It was the first ball I've hit for what it's felt like this season," Rohan said. "It was a good place to hit it too. It was definitely a ball we needed, and it definitely felt good."

Krato said the team is definitely looking forward to hosting Cairo and then 10th-ranked Pilot Grove (9-5, 6-0 CAC) two games later for a shot at conference, a title that was out of the Trojans' reach last season.

The Trojans hope to step up like Bautista in their next two conference games and not like Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus, who committed two critical errors in the aforementioned ALDS game.

"I asked the guys, 'Do you want to compete for a conference championship or do you just want to beat Glasgow?' They said they want to compete for a conference championship," Krato said. "That's what stepping up looks like, and that's what not stepping up looks like."