Another Solid Performance

Midwest 0, Chillicothe 1

One run was all that the Chillicothe Paints and Andrew McCormick needed. This was a game that really didn't feature any explosive offensive plays at all, but the Paints were on it compared to the Sliders. The Sliders commited two errors on defense, and both came at interesting points of the ballgame.

Andrew McCormick pitched a great game. This was by far his best performance for the Paints in the 2008 FL season. He went 8+ innings deep, and only gave up 2 hits, 2 walks and plunked a batter. That was all that was given up to the Sliders. No runs were scored, however, and with the momentum that McCormick had on the mound for this game, this was going going to be a game that the Paints wouldn't give up. Edwin Walker pitched the last inning and only gave up a walk, nailing the door shut for the save.

For the offense, Josh Blackstock had a single. Travis Garcia had a single. Joe Spiers had two singles. That was all the hits the Paints could rack up, but the one run scored came off a successful double steal attempt with runners on first and third base in the sixth inning.

To be honest, there wasn't really anything else you could add to this game because this was a pretty fast game. This was played in slightly over 2 hours. It sure helps when the opposing team isn't hitting alot and you can be able to get the hits you need to push across runs, or in this case, steal bases to get a run. That's how you manufacture runs to begin with.