OAKLAND, Calif. — Thursday’s travel day will benefit the Chukars for several reasons during their Pioneer Baseball League postseason run.

Closer Nicolo Pinazzi gets an extra day to recharge the battery after throwing 39 pitches to save Game 1; Benjamin Rosengard, Simon Baumgardt and Spencer Rich, who have seen limited action over the past month due to injury, have a chance to rest and recover; and starters Gary Grosjean, Shane Spencer and Nathan Hemmerling will enjoy an added day of rest between starts.

But a team as hot as the Chukars doesn’t always want a day off.

Over the past week, Idaho Falls has taken four of five games from the teams with the two best records in the Pioneer Baseball League — Missoula and Oakland. And they have done it while outscoring their opponents 57-39.

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