Owlz Tie For First Time In Team History
The Orem Owlz and Billings Mustangs played in a 9-9 tie in Orem on Thursday night, after a torrential downpour came down following the sixth inning of play, preventing the game from its conclusion.After the first two innings of play the Owlz found themselves in a 7-0 hole, after All-Star
The Orem Owlz and Billings Mustangs played in a 9-9 tie in Orem on Thursday night, after a torrential downpour came down following the sixth inning of play, preventing the game from its conclusion.
After the first two innings of play the Owlz found themselves in a 7-0 hole, after All-Star pitcher
Rodriguez was relieved by
The Owlz broke onto the scoreboard in the third inning, when
Orem then put up four runs in back-to-back innings in the fifth and sixth.
Once the top of the order came back up, Specner Griffin drove
The Owlz then continued to chip away. Brandon Sandoval brought home two runs with an RBI single that made the score 9-7.
After Sandoval advanced to third on an error committed by the Mustangs' left fielder Zeke White, the Owlz' home run leader Harrison Wenson came up to the plate.
Wenson was working against Billings pitcher
Wenson then cracked his sixth home run of the season over the right-center field fence to tie the game's score at 9-9.
After the inning concluded, rain began pouring down at the Home of the Owlz, with scattered lightning strikes in the area, prompting the Owlz' first rain delay of the season at their home ball park.
After 58 minutes of waiting, the game was called, resulting in the first tie in Orem Owlz franchise history.
The game was scheduled to be the seventh and final time that Billings and Orem would play each other in the Pioneer League season, so being that a makeup time for the game could not be determined the game ended in a tie.
The Owlz move on to 24-11-1 on the year after their first tie in franchise history, moving on to play a four-game series with the Idaho Fall Chukars on Friday night.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:15 MT at Melaleuca Field in Idaho Falls, with coverage beginning on the Orem Owlz Baseball Network with the Voice of the Owlz, Steven Cusumano, 15 minutes prior to first pitch.