Ghosts come from behind to sweep Idaho Falls

The Chukars put up a 4-spot in the bottom of the first to grab the lead. With one out, Yowill Espinal singled, Jake Kuebler followed with a walk. Espinal would come home on an infield single by Lane Adams. Kuebler would score on a single by Julio Aparicio, and they would add two more runs when Travis Jones would single after an error by Juan Crousset in left field. The inning would end with the Chukars leading 4-0.

The score would stay that way until the 6^th. Chukars starter Santiago Garrido was lifted after throwing 5 scoreless innings. He was replaced by Starling De La Rosa. Jose Rivera led off by reaching on an error by the first baseman Kuebler. He got to second base on a single by Rafael Ortega. After a fielder’s choice, Corey Dickerson would step up to the plate and crush a home run over the right field wall, the first of the season, to make the score 4-3.

The Ghosts had an opportunity to score the tying run in the 8^th, but Rafael Ortega was thrown out trying to tag up from third for the final out of the inning, but they came through in the ninth.

Brett Tanos started things off with a double, and he would score the tying run on a double by Blake McDade. Then Ryan Casteel would single to give the Ghosts runners at the corners with nobody out. Juan Crousset would give the Ghosts the lead with a sacrifice fly, but they weren’t done. David Kandilas would single to give the Ghosts runners at the corners with one out. Jose Rivera would give the Ghosts an insurance run with a bunt single.

The Ghosts bullpen was outstanding all night, and it continued in the ninth with Coty Woods throwing a scoreless ninth to pick up his second save. Christian Bergman and Kenneth Roberts each made their season debut’s out of the bullpen and combined to throw five scoreless innings, with each allowing just one hit and zero walks.

With the 6-4 win, the Ghosts sweep the series with the Chukars, and are now 4-1 on the season. They move on to Ogden for a 3-game series with the Raptors. First pitch for game one Saturday is set for 7:05.