Link Report for Tuesday 9/6 -- Helena Wins Big

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Helena: TBD at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 8:05 PM Central; sorry, no audio for this series...

 

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 Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Helena 21 14 .600 - 9-7 12-7 W1[/b] Missoula 20 15 .571 1.0 12-7 8-8 L1 Billings 18 17 .514 3.0 9-7 9-10 W1 Great Falls 15 20 .429 6.0 9-10 6-10 L1

Stats and League Leaders, USA Today (or go to MILB.com):

 

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Brewer Press Notes:

 

The Brewers named their organizational Minor League players of the month today . . . earning the honors were pitcher Will Inman of Helena and first baseman Prince Fielder of Nashville.

 

Fielder hit .459 (28-61) in 16 games for the Sounds before being called up to the Brewers on August 17 . .. he also had seven homers and 21 RBI in those 16 games . . . Inman did not allow an earned run in six August appearances for the Helena Brewers . . . he went 3-0 and allowed only nine hits in 26.0 IP . . . Inman struck out an astonishing 38 batters in August.

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Kenny holmberg just adding to his fantastic helena season...i hope he has fun in west virginia next year...and i hope he continues to rake..

[DHonks]

Holmberg has had a huge year, but he only has 51 RBI. How fun must it have been to follow Overbay in Rookie Ball when he had 100!

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Final: Helena 13, Great Falls (White Sox) 0

 

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www.helenair.com/articles...705_05.txt

 

Brewers back in business

By KEVIN SHIVELY - IR Sports Writer

 

The Helena Brewers finally strung together a pair of wins.

 

The Brewers shut out Great Falls 13-0 Tuesday, winning their second game in a row for the first time since a second straight win over Casper on August 24th.

 

"The big thing was to get an easy win," said Helena hitting coach Bobby Randall. "Its not the kind of game you really plan on, but having a win like that is nice with the season winding down."

 

The Brewers win, accompanied by a 7-1 loss for Missoula, bumps the Helena club back to a two-game lead with two games remaining.

 

The Brewers would have to lose both games, and Missoula would have to win both of theirs to force a second-half tie.

 

That won't happen if the Brewers can keep up Tuesday's pace.

 

The Helena pitching staff allowed only five hits and one walk in the game.

 

"The big thing was that we didn't want to push pitchers," said Helena pitching coach Mark Littell. "A couple of the guys we had out there could possibly pitch in the first couple games of the playoffs, so we wanted to keep our pitch counts down."

 

Simon Beresford started on the mound, pitching into the fourth, allowing only three hits and striking out five.

 

"We just wanted to see guys throw strikes and get off the mound," said Littell.

 

Lefty David Welch took over for Beresford in the fourth, closed it out and pitched two more innings, allowing only one hit and also striking out five.

 

Wilfrido Laureano and Ronny Malave finished the game out. Laureano pitched the seventh and eighth, allowing one hit, and Malave shut down the side in the ninth.

 

On offense, the Brewers were able to string together some hits and got out to a 10-0 lead after three innings.

 

"The first three innings were critical," said Randall. "Its always good to score early, and they hit the ball hard."

 

Great Falls made several mistakes that helped the Brewers as well.

 

In the first inning, Helena scored runs on an error, a sacrifice fly and a wild pitch.

 

Great Falls committed five errors in the game.

 

Ryan Crew hit a two-out, two-run homer in the second inning, and Kenny Holmberg followed it with a solo shot of his own.

 

Crew led the team, hitting 2-for-3 with three RBI and Holmberg's shot was his 12th of the season.

 

In the third, two of Helena's four runs scored on walks.

 

The Brewers took a break and then started scoring again in the seventh when Israel Chirino walked the first three batters of the inning. All three crossed the plate.

 

Carlos Perez (4-6, 5.71) picked up the loss for the White Sox.

 

With two games left in the regular season, Helena and the White Sox will square off again tonight at 7:05 (8:05 Central).

 

Helena Box Score:

Adam Mannon on base four times...

 

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Helena Game Log:

 

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Jon Ebelt IR Staff Photographer - Helena's Ryan Crew, left, converts the force out at second base on Great Falls' Rolando Acosta before gunning the throw to first base for a double play Tuesday at Kindrick Legion Field.

 

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