GREAT FALLS, Mont. — The Idaho Falls Chukars, who were rock-solid defensively for the first two months of the season, are tied for fifth in the PBL for most team errors after committing three more Wednesday night in a loss to the Voyagers.

Starter Nathan Hemmerling was tasked with pitching around a pair of early blunders, but was unable to do so. Of the seven runs he allowed in the first three innings, four were ruled to have been unearned, resulting from those two errors. He took the loss in a 10-7 defeat.

The Chukars (38-29, 11-9), as they have done so many times this season, pieced together a threat in the ninth but saw that threat come to an end with the tying run at the plate.

Hemmerling (L, 4-4) retired the first two batters of the game, but after a walk and a pair of singles, the

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