Colorado’s Grand Junction. At Grand Junction’s Suplizio Field, the Idaho Falls Chukars won their sixth straight game Tuesday after hitting six home runs, including two from Trevor Rogers.
The Chukars (20-10) scored 21 hits in their 22-14 victory, taking advantage of Colorado’s warm, hitter-friendly conditions. After a five-game sweep earlier in June and this seven-game set-opening loss, the Jackalopes (12-18), who are 12-12 versus the rest of the league, have yet to defeat Idaho Falls this season.
In the first, Grand Junction jumped out to a 1-0 lead. In the second, however, the Chukars bats sprung to life.
With a two-run shot to right, Tyler Wyatt got it started (5). Rogers began his huge night with a solo homer (6) to complete a five-run inning for the Chukars, and Benjamin Rosengard added his own two-run bomb (6) in the second.
Grand Junction responded immediately in the lower half. and led 7–6 going into the fifth inning after scoring in the third and fourth.
Only one ball left the yard in the fifth inning, off the bat of Gabe Vasquez (6), but ten Chukars crossed the plate as Idaho Falls sent 14 batters to the plate. Vasquez was mostly responsible for the damage, scoring four runs in the fifth inning alone with a double and a homer.
Chuks led 16–7 after scoring 10 points in the fifth. In the inningpic, Gabe Vasquez hit a home run, a double, and four RBI.Follow XalLBNWBkC on Twitter.
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But the homer-loving Chuks weren’t finished yet.
In the sixth inning of his four-hit, three-run, five-RBI night out of the lead-off position, Garret Ostrander smashed his first home run of his PBL career. In the ninth inning, Rogers scored his second long ball of the game (7), capping the offense’s successful night.
The offensive explosion was directed at starter Connor Harrison (W, 4-2) who, in his six innings pitched, held the Jackalopes to four earned runs (a total of seven runs).
Alejandro Espinoza and Dante Zamudio combined for seven runs in the seventh inning before Luke Hempel slammed the door with the last seven outs.
The Chukars and Jackalopes will resume their seven-game series on Wednesday night, including a doubleheader on Saturday to make up a game that was canceled due to bad weather on June 6. The first pitch is at 6:45 p.m.
Present PBL rankings1. PaddleHeads of Missoula (21–9)2. Ballers of Oakland (21–10)T3. Chukars of Idaho Falls (20–10)T3. Feelings of the Rocky Mountains (20–10)T5. Hawks of Boise (20-11)T5. High Wheelers by Yuba-Sutter (20-11)7. Raptors of Ogden (16–15)8. Mustangs from Billings (13–17)9. Jackalopes of Grand Junction (12–18)10. Riders of the Glacier Range (11–20)11. Owlz of Northern Colorado (5–25)12. Voyagers of the Great Falls (4-27)
