Southern Illinois 4, Chillicothe 5
Okay, I have a confession to make, and you can put this on me. I left a bit too early for this one. I left at the top of the ninth inning with the Paints being down to the Miners 4-1. Looking at the score and looking at what had went on throughout this game, this reminded me alittle of the games when the team was just coming up short offensively, losing by a few runs.
Little did I know that when I got home, I checked the score and it said "5-4 in favor of the Paints." What a pleasant surprise! Josh Blackstock had a single. Nathan Faulkner had two singles, with one of them being in the ninth inning. Adrian Cantu had a good game. He had three hits with a double and two singles. Jeff Vincent had a double and led off the ninth with a single to get things going. Joe Spiers had a single and a stolen base back in the third inning. Travis Garcia had the game-winning base hit that drove in the last run of the ballgame.
Andy Polk made the start for the Paints. He went 6 innings deep in his start, giving up 4 runs on 7 hits allowed along with a walk. He struck out a pair of batters. Marty Wiesler pitched an inning of relief, giving up just a hit. It's also worth noting that Marty changed his uniform number from #8 to now #12. Joe Brown pitched the rest of the game, and for the last two innings, he struck out a pair of batters, and didn't give up a hit.
During the game, the umpiring was getting so terrible. Now, this much needs to be said about the FL umpires. This has to be one of the worst seasons ever umpired in the FL. I can't believe the calls that were made in this game, and this was all across the board, from the whole crew. The crowd at the VA, (and yes, there was a decent crowd) got really heated when a Paints baserunner was called out on first base. He clearly touched the bag before the ball got to the fielder's glove.
Oh well, what are you going to do with something like that? This game had enough twists and turns to make me remember this one for awhile, especially for the result.
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Steven, I disagree, the umpiring was very good. Other than the play at 1st which was very close, the crew called a good game. The homeplate umpire especially did a good job. He had a good strike zone that gave the corners and he was very consistent.
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