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Osprey Seek Third Straight Win Sunday

Published on July 22, 2018 under Pioneer League (PL)
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MISSOULA, MONT - The Missoula Osprey (18-17) and Idaho Falls Chukars (19-16) play game two of a four-game series Sunday from Ogren Park Allegiance Field. First pitch is slated for 5:05 pm in Missoula.

The Osprey hand the ball to right-hander Edgar Martinez (3-2), who makes his seventh start of the season. In 32.1 innings, Martinez has 12 strikeouts and six walks. The 20-year-old holds a 3.34 ERA, top ten in the Pioneer League this season. Martinez has hurled at least five innings in all six starts this year.

His opposition for Idaho Falls is right-hander Jonathan Heasley (0-0). In five starts. The 21-year-old owns a 3.32 ERA with 19 innings pitched. Heasley has 14 strikeouts and only four walks this season. In his last appearance against Missoula on July 15, Heasley pitched five innings of no run, three hit baseball.

In the first game of the series Saturday, Missoula's offense started right out of the gate in the first inning when Geraldo Perdomo tripled to lead off the inning. With two outs, Zack Shannon singled up the middle to plate the first run of the game.

In the top of the second, Osprey starter Deyni Olivero (1-2) worked a double play ball to help get out of the inning while the offense added another run in the frame on a Joe Robbins solo home run. Missoula tagged on a run in the third when Zac Almond grounded into a double play to score Perdomo. Jesus Munoz recorded an RBI single in the fourth to give the Osprey a 4-0 lead after four.

The only run of the day off the Osprey staff came in the fifth when Julio Gonzalez drew a leadoff walk against Olivero. Offerman Collado notched an RBI groundout to pull the game within 4-1 for Idaho Falls.

With one out in the fifth, Almond hit his seventh home run of the season to give Missoula a 5-1 lead. Brandon Leyton drove home two more with a double in the inning as the Osprey led 7-1 after six. Leyton singled home another run in the seventh while Eddie Hernandez follow him with a run-scoring single of his own to help Missoula charge ahead 10-1 after eight.

Leyton capped off the night with another RBI single in the eighth to push the final score to 11-1 in favor of Missoula.

Olivero finished the day with five innings of one-run baseball, earning his first win of the season. The right- hander allowed four hits and struck out one. Leyton, Robbins, Shannon and Perdomo each finished with three hits as the Osprey notched 20 hits in a game for the first time this year.

Missoula returns to action Sunday for a 5:05 pm first pitch vs. Idaho Falls at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. The Selway Armory Pregame Show begins at 4:45 p.m. on ESPN 102.9 and the MiLB First Pitch App.

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