Chukars Earn Much-Needed Win

The Chukars are back to their winning ways. Idaho Falls snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-2 victory against Helena, the Chukars' first win against a North Division foe.
For the first time since July 7^th, Idaho Falls held its opponent scoreless in the first inning. However, Helena got on the board first with two runs in the top of the second. The Brewers led 2-0 after four innings.
Left-handed pitcher Holden Capps made his first appearance and start for the Chukars, and was masterful. He went 5 innings, allowed 2 runs (both unearned) on 4 hits, and struck out 6 hitters with only one walk issued.
Capps struck out the side in the third and fanned the first two batters in the fourth for five consecutive punch-outs, en route to a second straight 1-2-3 frame.
"Honestly, that was probably the best I've thrown in two innings consecutively," said Capps, the Kansas City Royals' 8^th-round pick in the 2017 MLB Draft. "I was able to throw the ball where I wanted to and I threw my slider well. That gave me a chance to be successful."
Darrell Miller, Jr. was back in the lineup for the Chukars for the first time since July 2^nd. He went 1-4 with an infield single and has a at least one hit in all eight games that he has played in.
In the fifth inning, Idaho Falls tacked on a run via a fielder's choice RBI from Julio Gonzalez. Then, the Chukars sent nine men to the plate in the sixth inning. They worked five walks and scored five runs, which included 2-run singles from both Cristhian Vasquez and Gonzalez in back-to-back at-bats to make it a 6-2 game.  
The Chukars added an insurance run in the eighth inning, when Jonathan McCray hit a solo home run, his third home run of the season.
Christopher Marte was the lone reliever for Idaho Falls and picked up his second win of the season (2-2). He pitched four scoreless innings and allowed just one hit, with no walks and two strikeouts.
"They got ahead, changed speeds, and worked fast," said Chukars' pitching coach Jeff Suppan of his two pitchers. "They did a really good job."
Tyler Straub increased his hitting streak to six games, while Vance Vizcaino's streak was snapped at 12. Both teams had five hits and left six men on base. Helena played a clean game in the field while the Chukars committed two errors (both charged to Straub).
Idaho Falls drew a season-high ten walks. The Chukars are now 10-14 on the year and 5-7 at home, the same record that they have on the road.
The game lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes before a crowd of 3,111, the second highest crowd of the season at Melaleuca Field. The Chukars are now less than 34,000 spectators away from the one-million fan mark in the ballpark's history, in its' 11^th season.
Can't make it to Melaleuca Field on Friday night for the series finale with Helena? You can listen to the broadcast with John Balginy and Logan Ratick on KSPZ, The Sports Zone (ESPN Radio) on 980 AM and 105.1 FM in the Upper Valley, and 94.5 FM in the Pocatello area. All broadcasts stream live on 980thezone.com, as well as on KSPZ via the TuneIn app and at tunein.com. All home games are also broadcast live on the web with video at MiLB.tv. Pregame coverage begins at 7:00 PM MT, followed by first pitch between the Brewers and Chukars at 7:15 PM.