Well, It Got Close

Chillicothe 10, River City 11

Before this game even got under way for the two teams, there was a lengthy weather delay around the original starting time of the game. The delay lasted for about an hour, and then things got started. In this road trip, the Chillicothe Paints have had to deal with adjusting to the likes of the ballparks in Southern Illinois and in O'Fallon. The team also has to get accustomed to the new young players that they have brought in before this road trip began.

Brian Gartley made the start for the Paints. Now getting a quality start has been hard to come by in general for the Paints this year, as there have been numerous occasions where the starting pitchers do not even get to the fifth inning. That's the story of the starting rotation. Gartley mustered 4 and 1/3 innings of work and gave up 9 runs on 9 hits allowed. He gave up one walk and struck out only a pair of batters.

Marty Wiesler would come in relief and would give up two runs on 4 hits allowed. He plunked a batter in a few innings of work. Joe Brown also came in to get some work in. He allowed the remaining hits of the game. Overall, it was once again just shaky from a pitching standpoint.

Whenever the Paints responded to a River City rally, the Rascals continued to rally even more. The Rascals scored the first runs of the ballgame. They scored 7 runs to lead it 7-0 until the fifth inning, when the Paints did manage to battle back and score 6 runs. In response, though, the Rascals would tack on a few more runs to secure the victory.

Nathan Faulkner had a 2-RBI single. Drew Saylor had an infield RBI single. Adrian Cantu had an RBI single. Travis Garcia had an RBI double and he would go deep twice for two solo home run shots that cleared the small ballpark dimensions of T.R. Hughes Ballpark. Travis Storrer went deep for a solo home run, had two singles, a pair of RBI's and a stolen base. Jeff Vincent had two singles and a stolen base. Gerardo Verasetgui had a single and a double. Zach Rodeghero, newly signed from Valparaiso University, had a single. Sean Anderson, newly signed from Williamette University, had two singles.