Game 53: Hawks win 9-7 in wacky game against Eugene
BOISE, ID - With 16 combined runs, seven combined errors, and an hour and 13 minute delay, the Boise Hawks (Short Season A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies) won a wacky game 9-7 against the Eugene Emeralds (Short Season A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) on Friday night. Boise struck
BOISE, ID - With 16 combined runs, seven combined errors, and an hour and 13 minute delay, the Boise Hawks (Short Season A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies) won a wacky game 9-7 against the Eugene Emeralds (Short Season A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) on Friday night.
Boise struck with three runs in the bottom of the second inning. With the bases loaded,
Boise would then add on another run with an RBI-single for
Josue Huma would launch a three-run homer to right field in the top of the fifth inning to put Eugene within two runs. This was the first home run for Huma in an Emeralds uniform.
At the start of the bottom half of the fifth, play was stopped due to lightning in the area and put the game on hold for an hour-and-13-minute delay.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Boise lit up once again, crossing around four runs off of two sacrifice bunts, a fielding error by the Emeralds and then a wild pitch from
Eugene would haunt the Hawks with four runs in the top of the ninth inning but fell short as Boise won it 9-7 in game two of the series.