Osprey fall to Voyagers, 1-0; clinch playoff berth
September 5, 2009 - Pioneer League (PL)
Missoula PaddleHeads News Release
MISSOULA, MT - In what at times has been a wild 2009 season for the Missoula Osprey, a loss netted them, in a way, a win on Saturday at Ogren Park Allegiance Field.
With 1,499 rain-soaked fans waiting through an hour-long rain delay, the Osprey fell to the Great Falls Voyagers, 1-0, but with the Voyagers win, and a loss by the Billings Mustangs to Helena, the Osprey clinched a playoff berth, and will face the Voyagers in the North Division best-of-3 series beginning Saturday, September 12 at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. Tickets for the North Division Playoff Game 1 will go on sale beginning on Sunday at 10 a.m.
Neither team managed to make things happen on offense, except for the Great Falls top of the sixth, when Zach Kayne doubled home Kevin Dubler for the 1-0 edge.
The Osprey threatened in the bottom of the seventh, as the rain began to fall. Paul Goldschmidt hit a grounder up the middle that Kayne was able to knock down, but threw wildly to first. Goldschmidt was awarded a hit and moved to second on the error. Ramon Castillo then was hit by a pitch - the 13th he has absorbed this season - before the umpires halted play.
When play resumed, the Osprey could not score a run off of Cameron Bayne, who took over on the restart, and did not threaten again.
Lost in the setback was the pitching of Chase Anderson, Ryan Robowski and Scott Allen. Anderson (3-1) went six innings, allowing just one run on three hits while striking out four. Robowski allowed a hit but struck out the side in the seventh, and Allen struck out the side in the eighth and ninth innings, allowing just one hit in the process.
The Osprey will begin a four-game series with the Mustangs on Sunday at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. Enrique Burgos (4-3, 6.71) will get the call for the Osprey, while the Mustangs will send right-hander Tim Crabbe to the mound.
Tickets for any remaining Osprey home game this season, including the playoff game on September 12, can be obtained by calling the Osprey at (406) 543-3300, stopping by the Osprey Team Store at 412 W. Alder, or ordering online at www.missoulaosprey.com.
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