The Bottom Falls Out

Windy City 3, Chillicothe 2 (11 innings)

Another good enough to great pitching performance that was put to waste by a dormant offense. That's how you sum up the recent woes for the Chillicothe Paints. The Paints were doing just fine through a good chunk of the game, until a 2-run home run was given up to the Windy City Thunderbolts in the fifth inning.

The fact of the matter is this; scoring 2 runs will not be enough to win many ballgames. In all honesty, starting pitcher for the Paints, Andy Polk, had a great outing aside from the 2-run homer. Andy went 7 innings deep in his start, giving up 4 hits and a walk and plunking a batter. He recorded 7 K's.

The offense, though, is really something you don't want to dwell on too much, or else thinking about these woes are going to drive you crazy. The Paints did score runs early and had a lead. Josh Blackstock, batting second in the lineup, had a single. Adrian Cantu had a single. Travis Garcia had an RBI single. Jeff Vincent had a single and a stolen base. Travis Storrer had a single. Gerardo Verastegui had two singles.

A former Paint spent time on the mound in this game. Relief pitcher Brian McCullough put in some time for the T-Bolts. It seems to me by looking at his outing, Brian seems to feel much more comfortable in his surroundings with the T-Bolts. You always wish for the best, and Brian McCullough is a good guy. He really is. If you talk to many players in indy league baseball, you'd be surprised how attached you get to them.

That's basically it for this game. The vibe of this game just didn't feel good from the seventh inning and on. I don't know what went wrong, but the switch really did go off from this point, I feel. Everything slowed down considerably, and the T-Bolts dug in and grabbed the momentum. That's what helped them in the extra innings.