The Missoula Osprey got their rally caps on and scored five runs in the eighth to beat the Orem Owlz 8-7 on Thursday night.
Roberto Rodriguez beat out an infield hit with two out that scored both Fidel Pena and Raul Navarro in the bottom of the eighth inning to snap a 6-6 tie and cap the rally.
Adam Eaton and Eric Groff led off the inning with singles, and Bobby Stone - who had three of Missoula's 14 hits - followed that with a bloop single to center that brought home Eaton. Richie Rowland then delivered a sacrifice fly, and Jae Yun Kim singled down the left-field line, scoring Stone and tying the game at 6-all.
Following a Fidel Pena walk, Raul Navarro singled to center. Kim tried to score on the hit, but was thrown out at the plate. Chris Jarrett then walked to load the bases for Rodriguez, who hustled down the line on a chopper to second and beat the throw to first. Pena scored on the hit, and Navarro raced all the way around from second and beat the throw home to give the Osprey their first lead of the game.
The rally was enough to give Justin Albert (2-0) the win, after he scattered four hits and struck out a pair of batters. Victor Lara hung on after allowing a run to get two strikeouts, including a called strike three on catcher Hampton Tignor to end the game and pick up his first save.
That improved their record to 9-15, four games back for the Pioneer League North Standings.
