Owlz finish series with a win
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Orem Owlz had some ups, and downs at the Brent Brown ballpark last Monday night July 27, but ended with a win against the Casper Ghosts. The Owlz were the first on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning. A long hit to far center field got Michael Wing to third base and then eventually brought Wing in for the first run of the game.
The Orem Owlz had some ups, and downs at the Brent Brown ballpark last Monday night July 27, but ended with a win against the Casper Ghosts.
The Owlz were the first on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning. A long hit to far center field got Michael Wing to third base and then eventually brought Wing in for the first run of the game.
In the second inning Casper took a 5-2 lead over the Owlz. A wild pitch from Tyler Kehrer of the Owlz got it all started bringing in one Casper runner. Then a home run hit by Casper player Jared Clark brought them to the lead.
Things didn’t heat up again till the bottom of the sixth inning. The first three batters of the inning for the Owlz all got base hits making the bases loaded. Richard Cates then got a good hit bringing in two of the Owlz runners, bringing Orem within one run of Casper.
Dillon Baird stepped up to the plate and shelled out his first home run of the season bringing the score to 7-6 for Orem, and giving them their first lead since the second inning.
Hits by Wing and Carlos Ramirez put another run up for Orem bringing the score to 8-6. After scoring five runs alone during the sixth inning the Owlz finished out the game holding Casper and taking the win and keeping the score at 8-6 for the final.
The Orem Owlz will be at home all this week taking on Idaho Falls on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and Casper on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.