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Osprey Beat Voyagers, 5-4, Complete 3-Game Sweep

Published on August 3, 2012 under Pioneer League (PL)
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GREAT FALLS, MONT. - Breland Almadova had two hits and plated a pair of runs, while Pedro Ruiz added a 4-for-4 night at the plate as the Missoula Osprey managed to hold on for a 5-4 win over the Great Falls Voyagers and complete a three-game series sweep in front of 1,076 fans at Centene Stadium on Friday.

Ruiz also walked and scored twice for Missoula (5-1, 23-21), who stays in a first-place tie with the Billings Mustangs in the North Division Second-Half standings.

The Voyagers would score first, pushing home a pair of runs off of Osprey starter Yoimer Camacho (1-3) in the bottom of the first inning. The Osprey would respond with single tallies in the second, on an Almadova RBI single, and a run in the third on an error, to tie the game.

Both teams would be shut down until the sixth, when the Osprey pushed across a run as Jake Lamb would score on a wild pitch. Missoula would add a run in the top of the seventh as Pedro Ruiz drew a two-out walk, and Evan Marzilli doubled him home for a 4-2 Osprey lead.

Great Falls would chip away, scoring a run to pull within 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh, but the Osprey would get some much-needed insurance on a two-out triple by Danny Pulfer and Almadova's second RBI single of the night, which put the Osprey back up by a pair of runs, 5-3.

In the ninth, the Voyagers would score a run on a sacrifice fly off of Osprey reliever Vince Spilker, who would settle down and pick up his first save in his first save opportunity of the season. It capped off another solid pitching night for the Osprey, with Camacho shaking off the first inning and allowing just four hits while walking just one and collecting seven strikeouts. Patrick Smith allowed just a hit and a run in two innings of work to set the table for Spilker.

The Osprey will open a three-game series with the Helena Brewers on Saturday at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. The Osprey will send right0hander Jared Ray to the mound, while the Brewers will counter with right-hander Leonard Lorenzo.

Tickets are available now at the MSO Hub Box Office, located at 140 North Higgins in Downtown Missoula, online at MissoulaOsprey.com and by phone (406) 543-3300.

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