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Offensive Outburst Leads Missoula to a Victory in Helena

Published on July 31, 2018 under Pioneer League (PL)
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MISSOULA, MONT - The Missoula Osprey (21-22, 2-3) compiled 18 hits in a 14-7 victory against the Helena Brewers (20-23, 3-2) Monday at Kindrick Legion Field. Zach Almond, Eddie Hernandez, and Jesus Marriaga each had three hits while every player in the Osprey order recorded at least one base knock.

It all started in the second inning for Missoula as Zack Shannon drilled a solo home run off Helena starter Justin Bullock. LG Castillo then homered for Helena to tie the game entering the third.

Missoula's offense wasted no time jumping on Bullock, as Munoz drew a leadoff walk. Marriaga doubled to place men on second and third with one out, and Hernandez drove a single to score Munoz. Buddy Kennedy doubled to left, scoring Marriaga and giving Missoula a 3-1 lead. Almond then crushed a double to rightfield to push the lead up to 5-1. Nick Dalesandro doubled home Almond and Missoula led 6-1 after three.

The teams traded runs in the fourth and fifth innings to make it a 7-2 game favoring Missoula heading into the bottom of the sixth.

Leading off the inning for Helena was Chad McClanahan who singled. David Fry followed him with a base knock and Je'Von Ward doubled home both runners to make it a four-run game. Pablo Abreu doubled to plate Ward while Jose Sibrian followed him with another double to score Abreu. A wild pitch scored the game-tying run off Blake Workman as the game went into the seventh knotted 7-7.

Marriaga, Hernandez, and Kennedy all singled to start the inning as Kennedy's base knock scored the go- ahead run. Shannon then record a sacrifice fly to pad the lead by two before Dalesandro reached on an error to score Kennedy and give the Osprey a 10-7 advantage.

Starting off the eighth was Marriaga, who singled for his third hit of the game. Hernandez followed him with another base hit before Almond unloaded on a double to score two more runs. Shannon doubled home Almond, and Dalesandro tripled in Shannon to complete the scoring and give Missoula a 14-7 lead.

The win goes to Workman (1-0), who pitched 1.2 innings and did not give up an earned run. Jake Polancic and Justin Garcia pitched the final to innings of shutout baseball to complete the game. Tate Budnick (0-1) is tagged with the loss for Helena.

Missoula and Helena play the second game of the series Tuesday with first pitch slated for 7:05 pm at Kindrick Legion Field. The Selway Armory Pregame Show is slated to begin at 6:45 pm on 102.9 ESPN Missoula and the MiLB First Pitch App.

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