Andy Pitches A Dandy

Midwest 1, Chillicothe 5

Although the pitching staff for the Chillicothe Paints has had more than their fair share of tough games, if you had to name one guy from the staff who has been the most consistent out of all of them, it would have to be Andy Polk.

For Polk, he pitched a very solid game to open up the final 9 game homestand of the season against the Midwest Sliders. Andy went the distance, pitching all 9 innings of the ballgame, a complete game, and would only give up one single run. He gave up just 4 hits and a walk. He recorded 5 K's. The bullpen thankfully wasn't used at all for this game. Andy made sure that wouldn't happen.

Now for the offense, the Paints did a good job of getting to Midwest's pitching and defense. Josh Blackstock had two singles and a stolen base. Jeff Vincent had an RBI single and a stolen base. Travis Garcia had two singles and an RBI. Adrian Cantu went deep to right field for a solo home run. Drew Saylor had a double. Zach Rodeghero had a single and got an RBI on a groundout. Sean Anderson had an infield single.

As we wind down for this year, I think we all just need to relax and let these remaining 8 games play themselves out. This has been a long and rough year, so ending it on a high note would be something great to see. I'm hopeful we'll go out the right way. I just want this team to hold their heads up high finishing out the year. I mean, these guys really do have the talent, but the overall execution has been lacking big time. Especially now, you gotta pull for them to make some noise.