Sunday Win-Day

August 13, 2018

Sunday Win-DayBy: Tyson Whiting The Idaho Falls Chukars got out to a 10-0 lead in the 4th inning and cruised to a 13-4 victory over the Great Falls Voyagers on Sunday afternoon at Centene Stadium. Tyler James extended his hitting streak to 16 games as he went 2 for 5

Sunday Win-Day
By: Tyson Whiting
The Idaho Falls Chukars got out to a 10-0 lead in the 4^th inning and cruised to a 13-4 victory over the Great Falls Voyagers on Sunday afternoon at Centene Stadium.
Tyler James extended his hitting streak to 16 games as he went 2 for 5 with 3 runs scored. He also reached base twice on an error. James is batting .313 on the season. James also stole 2 bases. That makes it the 13^th time that James has stolen 2 or more bases in a game.
Reed Rohlman hit his 5^th home run of the year in the 3^rd inning off Jason Bilous. That homer knocked Bilous out of the game. He finished with 6 runs allowed on 6 hits in 2 innings plus. The Chukars scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 3^rd inning to make it a 6-0 game.
The 4^th inning extended the Chukars lead to 9-0 after an Offerman Collado 3 run home run. It was Collado's 2^nd home run of the year.
Chukars pitcher Jonathan Heasley was outstanding on Sunday afternoon, working 5 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 strikeout. Heasley had 11 ground ball outs and only 1 flyout. It was the first professional win for Heasley, who was drafted in the 13^th round of the 2018 draft by the Royals.
The Chukars head to Billings to take on the North division leaders, who have a 11-3 record in the 2^nd half. It will be the Pioneer League debut for LHP Rito Lugo, who will start for Idaho Falls. He will be opposed by Billings RHP Adrian Rodriguez. 7:05 PM first pitch.
Chukars notes: James has 13 multi-stolen base games this year. To put that in perspective, Nate Eaton is 2^nd in the Pioneer League in Stolen Bases this year. He has a total of 13 stolen bases. Hunter Strong had another good game for the Chukars as he went 3 for 5 with 1 RBI and a double. Chase Vallot went 2 for 5 with a double, his 12^th of the season. All 12 doubles have been on the road. Kyle Kasser went 0 for 4 to end a 5 game hitting streak. Nick Hutchins also had a 2 hit game with an RBI. Daniel James made his Chukars debut on Sunday. He got the last 2 outs of the game. James went 0.2 innings with 1 walk and 1 strikeout.