Link Report for Tue. 9/7 -- Helena again fails to secure postseason bid

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Monday's Daily Menu:

Helena: TBD at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:45 PM Central pre-game; 8:00 gametime

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Box Score / Game Log

 

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PIO North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
*	Great Falls	21	13	.618	-	-	13-4	8-9	8-2	W3
	Helena	21	14	.600	0.5	4	9-8	12-6	6-4	L1
	Billings	16	18	.471	5.0	E	9-6	7-12	4-6	W1
	Missoula	14	21	.400	7.5	E	9-10	5-11	3-7	L2

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PCL American North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
#	Memphis	82	62	.569	-	-	48-26	34-36	7-3	W2
	Iowa	82	62	.569	-	E	39-33	43-29	6-4	L2
	Omaha	81	63	.563	1.0	E	40-32	41-31	8-2	W3
	Nashville	77	67	.535	5.0	E	39-31	38-36	6-4	L1

SOU North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
*#	Tennessee	86	53	.619	-	43-27	43-26	6-4	W3
	West Tenn	73	66	.525	13.0	37-33	36-33	6-4	W5
	Huntsville	67	73	.479	19.5	35-36	32-37	4-6	L3
	Chattanooga	65	74	.468	21.0	32-36	33-38	3-7	L5
	Carolina	58	79	.423	27.0	29-40	29-39	3-7	L3

FSL North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
#	Tampa	78	57	.578	-	40-28	38-29	5-5	L2
	Daytona	75	64	.540	5.0	37-32	38-32	5-5	W1
*	Dunedin	72	67	.518	8.0	33-36	39-31	6-4	W2
	Lakeland	71	67	.514	8.5	37-31	34-36	6-4	L1
	Clearwater	67	72	.482	13.0	37-34	30-38	5-5	L1
	Brevard County	64	75	.460	16.0	33-38	31-37	3-7	W1

MID Western
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
#	Quad Cities	83	55	.601	-	38-28	45-27	7-3	L1
*	Cedar Rapids	82	56	.594	1.0	45-22	37-34	7-3	W6
	Clinton	74	65	.532	9.5	42-30	32-35	3-7	L4
	Beloit	71	65	.522	11.0	37-33	34-32	5-5	L3
	Peoria	71	66	.518	11.5	41-27	30-39	4-6	W1
	Kane County	71	67	.514	12.0	40-29	31-38	7-3	L1
	Wisconsin	58	80	.420	25.0	30-40	28-40	3-7	W1
	Burlington	46	90	.338	36.0	27-41	19-49	4-6	W3

AZL Central
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
#	AZL Brewers	34	22	.607	-	-	13-12	12-10	3-6	W1
&	AZL Reds	31	24	.564	2.5	E	12-8	14-9	8-2	W6
	AZL Dodgers	30	25	.545	3.5	E	12-11	13-8	5-5	L1
	AZL Indians	21	35	.375	13.0	E	8-14	10-13	2-8	L2

DSL S.D. North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
#	DSL Mariners	43	28	.606	-	-	23-13	20-15	7-3	L1
	DSL Cardinals	39	32	.549	4.0	E	24-11	15-21	5-5	L2
	DSL Athletics	32	39	.451	11.0	E	17-19	15-20	6-4	W2
	DSL Brewers	28	43	.394	15.0	E	17-18	11-25	3-7	W1

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It's really not going to be easy for Helena, is it? A 1-0 loss in the bottom of the 9th.

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Final: @Great Falls 1, Helena 0

Brewers can’t secure playoff spot, fall in ninth

Helena Independent Record

 

GREAT FALLS — Great Falls Voyagers catcher Mike Blanke saved the game.

 

Minutes later, he was the man responsible for winning it.

 

The Helena Brewers’ best chance to score was tagged out in a violent collision at home plate, as Blanke held on to the ball despite taking a hard hit from Robbie Garvey, who was looking to be the first one in the game to score.

 

But Blanke’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Voyagers 1-0 Tuesday in a pitcher’s duel and prevented Helena from locking down a playoff spot. The Brewers’ magic number remains at one, and they’ll look to clinch a postseason berth tonight when they host Missoula at Kindrick Legion Field.

 

The game was scoreless until the final frame, when Ross Wilson drilled a triple to deep left field to lead off the inning and was followed by Blanke’s hit, when the Great Falls catcher smashed a hanging breaking ball from Eric Marzec. Helena appeared likely to get on the board in its half of the inning, as Nick Shaw lashed a single to left to send Garvey for home. But Dusty Harvard’s throw was on the mark, and Blanke was able to hold on.

 

Tyler Cravy was sensational in his longest start as a pro, lasting into the eighth inning and striking out nine Voyagers. Cravy retired 14 in a row, not allowing a base runner between the second and seventh innings, and gave up just three hits and a pair of walks.

 

The Brewers (40-34 overall, 21-15 second half) failed to get a runner as far as second base until the final frame.

 

Steven Upchurch was equally phenomenal for Great Falls (45-28, 22-13), giving up just two hits over six and walking none.

 

Helena box score

Wow. They'll still probably make it, but that's a tough loss. Of course, all they need is Billings to have any sort of loss and it won't matter what they do. Fantastic game from Cravy. The Brewers only had five hits--and only five baserunners--two of them singles by Garvey.

 

Helena play-by-play

[And That]

Cravy has pitched well except for the 3-4 games where he's just blown up. I'm looking forward to what he's able to do next year.