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Man the excitement here for Stephenson's start is overwhelming! :confused:

Anyway. Great start for him in inning 1.

Single
Single
K
K
K

The only problem was there was a steal, Gomez (C) threw it into CF and a run scored.

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Missoula Top of the 2nd
Breland Almadova grounds out, second baseman Robert Ramirez to first baseman Carlos Sanchez.
Yosbel Gutierrez strikes out swinging.
Justin Bianco grounds out, second baseman Robert Ramirez to first baseman Carlos Sanchez.

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Haha. I am excited about it.... just incredibly busy trying to follow 4 games at once.

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Whoa, new avatar. Welcome.

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The two hitters I'm watching most in this game are Winker and Rosa, and both K'd first time through.

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Winker is RACKING up the K's in his first two games.

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6 K's through 3 innings for Stephenson!

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Another good inning. After a leadoff walk.

Missoula Top of the 3rd
John Leonard walks.
Pedro Ruiz called out on strikes.
With Socrates Brito batting, John Leonard caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Wagner Gomez to shortstop Brandon Dailey.
Socrates Brito strikes out swinging.

3 IP, 2 H, 6 K, 1 BB

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Missoula Top of the 4th
Jake Lamb lines out to second baseman Robert Ramirez.
Kyle Koeneman strikes out swinging.
Michael Perez called out on strikes.

14 K's tonight from both teams in 3 1/2 innings

4 IP, 2 H, 8 K, 1 BB for Stephenson

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Count me in as excited about Stephenson now!

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Stephenson escapes trouble in the 5th. Had to get 4 outs after an error.

Missoula Top of the 5th
Breland Almadova grounds out, shortstop Brandon Dailey to first baseman Carlos Sanchez.
Yosbel Gutierrez doubles (1) on a ground ball to left fielder Jesse Winker.
Justin Bianco reaches on a fielder's choice out, third baseman Gabriel Rosa to second baseman Robert Ramirez. Yosbel Gutierrez out at 2nd.
John Leonard reaches on force attempt, fielding error by shortstop Brandon Dailey. Justin Bianco to 2nd.
Pedro Ruiz grounds out, catcher Wagner Gomez to first baseman Carlos Sanchez.

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Stephenson is out after his 5 innings.

5 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 8 K.

That's a heck of a debut. Great work. Even had 3 errors behind him, so he had some extra work to do.

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Stephenson also had 6 ground outs to 0 fly outs.

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Billings tied it 1-1 on a double by Robert Maddox and single by Carlos Sanchez. Nolan Becker threw a nice 1.2 innings.

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Nice, didn't catch that part.