April 25-26

Wednesday afternoon: back in Baseballtown for game #2 with Richmond. It was somewhat warmer at game time (61 degrees) but still windy. For the second straight night the R-Phils pitched a shutout as they eked out a narrow 1-0 win. The lone run in the game scored in the second inning when Stephen Susdorf singled and scored on a sacrifice fly from Tug Hulett. Trevor May threw six innings of one-hit ball for the win, J.C. Ramirez worked two innings and Tyson Brummett finished it for the save. The game was rapidly played, we started at 6:35 and were done by 8:50. Rain moved through the area overnight, Thursday dawned bleak and dreary. Hit the road at 8:30 as we wrapped up the homestand with the first school-kids game of the year, we got underway at 11:35. These games usually draw well but the crowd was down because the dark and chilly weather conditions. On this day the ballclub again mustered just one run but this time it wasn't enough. Sebastian Valle doubled to start the sixth inning and scored on Jiwan James' sac fly but Richmond pushed home the winning run in the ninth to take it 2-1. Chris Kissock took the loss in relief of starter David Buchanan. The loss drops the club's mark to 13-6 (9-3 at home),  the boys will return home on May 4. The skies were still dark in the late afternoon, at 5:00 we headed to Reservoir Park for the evening's street hockey games. The clouds broke up and we actually saw some sun for a brief time but later in the evening we played through some light nuisance rain. With it all we were done in good order, I was home shortly after 10:00. Take care, thanks for reading.