Marathon Ends in Defeat for Chuks Idah
May 25, 2024 - Pioneer League (PL)
Idaho Falls Chukars News Release
Idaho Falls, Idaho - The Chukars (1-3) and Missoula PaddleHeads (2-1) met for game four of 96 in the 2024 Pioneer League Season at Melaleuca Field on a lovely night for baseball in Eastern Idaho.
The two teams traded blows for all nine innings before the PaddleHeads took the lead in the ninth before shutting the Chuks down to seal the 18-17 win for Missoula.
Johnny Czeslawski got the start for Idaho Falls and would go on to throw 3 innings giving up 6 earned runs off of 6 walks in an effort in which he did not receive a decision either way.
After a solo homer in the first from Chris Monroe to give Idaho Falls an early 1-0 advantage the PaddleHeads then went on a tear scoring 8 runs unanswered to send the game to the fourth inning with an 8-1 cushion for the visitors.
But as would be the theme all night at the Luc, no lead was safe...even an 8 run lead. The Chukars scored 7 runs in the home fourth to tie the game at 8-8.
Missoula then delivered a counter punch when they scored 6 in the fifth.
After Dusty hung a pair of zeroes for the Chuks in the top halves of the sixth and seventh innings, to send the game to the final third with the PaddleHeads leading 14-10.
Thanks to some solid hitting, hard earned walks and of course a few errors from the visitors the Chukars scored 7 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to take a 3 runs lead with a pair to play.
The game then got away from the Chukars who entered the top of the ninth up a run, where Missoula scored two and then set the Chuks down in 1-2-3 fashion to end the four hour and 21 minute game in favor of the PaddleHeads by a final score of 18-17.
Pioneer League Stories from May 25, 2024
- Marathon Ends in Defeat for Chuks Idah - Idaho Falls Chukars
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- PaddleHeads Hang on in Slugfest Over Chukars Friday - Missoula PaddleHeads
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