Touchdown Makes The Difference for Idaho Falls
The Chukars (2-3) and Missoula PaddleHeads (3-2) met for the penultimate game of Opening Week at Melaleuca Field on cool and breezy night in Eastern Idaho
May 26, 2024
Idaho Falls, Idaho—The Chukars (2-3) and Missoula
PaddleHeads (3-2) met for the penultimate game of OpeningWeek at
Melaleuca Field on cool and breezy night in Eastern Idaho. It was
another marathon game between the two longtime foes as this time it
was the Chuks who won the Melaleuca Field Marathon by a final of 21-13.
Ryan Jares got the start for Idaho Falls and went 3 innings giving up 8
runs as his outing was interrupted by a 30 minute lightning delay.
Idaho Falls found themselves down 6-0 after the 1.5 innings but as we’ve
learned all series 6 runs is not a safe advantage. The Chuks put up a
five-spot in the bottom of the second to pull the game back within one.
Heading into the sixth Missoula held an 11-8 lead after having scored in
every frame to that point in the ballgame…but chaos was about the
unfold.
In the bottom of the sixth inning the Chukars scored a whopping nine
runs off of just two base hits, the inning included a bases loaded
groundball that resulted in 3 errors on one play and a little league grand
slam for the Chukars. Idaho Falls went from 3 runs down entering the
inning to then leading 17-11.
The Chuks were not done scoring though as the hometown boys scored
one run in the seventh and three runs in eighth to carried a 21-12 lead
going into the ninth where they gave up a lone run on the way to a 21-13
win for the Chuks.