Great Win Tonight

Wow, what a game tonight (Saturday).

Randy Rodriguez sensational through 8.1 innings, the longest outing by a Silver Hawks pitcher this season.

Drama in the ninth with the bases loaded and one out, winning run at first base.

T.J. Hose closing it out for his ninth save.

And Nelson Gomez getting it done at the plate and in the field. A big two-out, two-RBI double in the third inning. Then, picking five balls out of the dirt at first base, including the final play of the game. Huge night for Gomez!

If every game was as exciting as that one, there would be sell out crowds every night. That was a thrilling game.

I was hoping to get pictures up tonight from the stadium, but that's going to have to wait until tomorrow morning. I don't know if I got too excited on the final play and blew out my voice, or whether I have a cold/sinus infection developing, but my throat is rather sore all of a sudden. So I'm going to do my media notes, and then rest up so I can go strong tomorrow.

I promise, pictures of the Wisconsin stadium up by noon tomorrow.

Also, I don't say this enough, but thanks to everyone who reads the blog, whether you check it daily or sporadically. I have a site counter on the blog, and I'm getting well over 100 page views a day. It's amazing to me to have that many people interested in the stuff I put on here. I hope I'm giving you what you want, but if there is more you'd like to see on here, please let me know by emailing me at oserey@silverhawks.com. I figure between here and the official website of www.silverhawks.com where you can get all the stats and stories, then we should have you covered.

Thanks again, and pictures in the morning!

Good Win Tonight

A good win by the Silver Hawks tonight over the Loons. Let's list the positives:

-Solid start by Taylor Sinclair in a spot role, striking out six and allowing just one run in 3.0 innings

-Great bullpen work. 2.1 innings of one run ball by T.J Hose. 1.2 scoreless innings from Bayron Zepeda (WP, 1-0). 2.0 scoreless innings from Justin Mace (SV, 1).

-Three double plays turned by the defense, including one with first and third and one out in the 4th, and another with bases loaded and one out in the sixth.

-Brendan Duffy with two more hits to raise his average to .407 -- also providing the go-ahead RBI in the 7th

-Two home runs for South Bend (Alberto Diaz in the first, Jake Elmore in the fifth) -- the first two of the season

-Run, RBI, and stolen base from Isaias Asencio.

-Victor Estevez on base in three of his four at-bats.

All of this against a very good Loons team. Great win!

A Win!

How about the Hawks tonight?

All nine batters with a hit.

All nine batters either scored or drove in a run.

9-2 win over Lansing.

First win of the year, and it came at home at the Cove.

Good starting pitching from Ryan Cook (6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R).

Good bullpen work from Zepeda (1 IP, o R) and Mace (2.0 IP, 0 R).

That's exactly what everyone was waiting for. Now that the first one is out of the way and the monkey is off the back, let's see what this team can do as the weather starts getting better tomorrow (hopefully).

I'll have some posts for you in the morning, right now, I have to figure out a way to thaw out from tonight's game. Don't forget, 5:30 PM eastern time start tomorrow for the doubleheader, pregame show at 5:10 PM.