IDAHO FALLS — The Chukars erupted in their first offensive inning back at home Tuesday night, and starter Nathan Hemmerling did the rest to open a six-game set with the Great Falls Voyagers with a win.

Jacob Jablonski and Simon Baumgardt were RBI machines at the bottom of the Idaho Falls order, driving in nine combined runs. But the star of the night was Hemmerling (W, 5-4), who posted his best performance of the season. The result was a 15-5 victory for the Chukars (41-31, 14-11).

The right-hander had to work around traffic in every inning, but did so by coaxing consistent ground balls. In his 5 innings of work, Hemmerling forced two double-play balls among six ground-ball outs.

He held Great Falls (24-49, 10-15) scoreless despite allowing six hits and three walks across 5 innings pitc

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