It’s hot in Billings. LEt’s hope the Osprey bats and Taylor Siemens can be as hot as the weather.

Missoula (5-8)
Chris Ellison LF
Roidany Aguila C
Stephen Cardullo SS
Jon Griffin 1B
Ryan Court 3B
Eric Groff 2B
Tom Belza DH
Jeremia Gomez RF
Justin Bianco CF
Taylor Siemens LHP

Billings (8-5)
Kurtis Muller CF
Dayne Read LF
Robert Maddox 1B
Sean Buckley 3B
Kyle Waldrop RF
Nick O’Shea C
Junior Arias DH
Adam Muenster 2B
Cristobal Rodriguez SS
Mitch Clarke LHP

No pre-game interview today … we’ll look around the Pioneer League instead. The rest of the road trip – pitching coach Gil Hererdia tomorrow, pitcher Enrique Burgos on Tuesday and we’re aiming for pitcher Robby Rowland on Wednesday. Subject to change.

Other news:
– Adam Eaton is now in Mobile.  The former Osprey outfielder (2010) was promoted on Saturday and made his debut on Saturday night, 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI in a 6-3 win over Montgomery. In that game, Paul Goldschmidt (2009) had a triple, RBI and run scored. Jarrod Parker (2007) went five innings, scattering four hits and allowing a run to pick up the win.

– Derek Eitel (2010) is telling his friends that he has been promoted to Triple-A Reno. Eitel will be among a number of roster changes involving pitchers in recent days – including former Osprey left-hander Tom Layne (2007) being sent back down to Double-A Mobile, which took place on July 1.

Last but not least …

Happy 4th of July everyone!