Chukars on Top Against High Wheelers
10-4 loss, three of the first four games go Idaho's way
Yuba-Sutter Freebirds
15-16
4
Idaho Falls Chukars
14-20
10
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 12 | 3 |
Idaho Falls (14-20) starter Brian Williams (3-3) pitched seven innings and struck out five as he helped lead the Chukars to a 10-4 win over the Yolo High Wheelers (15-16) on Friday night at Melaleuca Field. The Chukars have won three-of-the-first-four games in this series. The seven innings for Williams were a season high for him.
Yolo struck for a run in the first. Designated hitter Braylin Marine singled with one out. Following him, shortstop Bobby Ladathroug came through with an RBI double making it 1-0.
The Chukars responded with two runs in the bottom of the first against High Wheelers starter Shaun Gamelin (1-2). Idaho Falls first baseman Brett Barrera delivered an RBI double and third baseman Roberto Gonzalez had an RBI single. Barrera is 12-17 through the first four games in this set (.706). He has an 11-game hitting streak.
The High Wheelers retook the lead in the third scoring twice. Catcher Angel Mendoza (2) led off with a homer to tie it at two. Second baseman Kyle Guerra followed with a bunt single, he moved to second and to third on errant pickoff attempts by Williams. He scored on a ground out by Marine which made it 3-2 Yolo. In the fourth, the visitors extended the lead to 4-2 on a double by right fielder Tanner Smith.
However, for the second straight night, Idaho Falls took the lead for good with a five-run inning. Last night it was the sixth, and tonight it was the fourth. Gamelin walked the lead off batter--designated hitter Trevor Rogers, and in the inning he issued three base on balls. Right fielder Nick Iannatone tied the game with a two-run single. Two batters later, shortstop Theo Hardy gave the Chukars the lead for good with a two-run single which made it 6-4. Hardy would later score on a wild pitch.
Gamelin lasted 3 1/3 innings, issuing eight hits, seven runs (all earned). He walked four and struck out three.
Idaho Falls added three more runs in the fifth--two on a homer by center fielder Tyler Wyatt (9).
The clubs return for the fifth game of this set on Friday at 6:05 p.m. PST. Left-hander Brandon Mitchell will start for Yolo against Idaho Falls lefty Casey Minchey.
HIGH TALES
Marine whose 16-game hitting streak was snapped last night was 2-4 with a walk and a run scored. He's reached base safely in 19 straight games
Jose Gonzalez was 1-4 with a single and has an eight-game hitting streak. He's 16-33 in that span, .485. He came into the night hitting .400 on the season
Guerra started at second base. It was his first appearance there this season. He played there twice last season with the San Rafael Pacifics (Pecos League) and once his freshman year at Cal State Monterey Bay.