Paints Win In Richmond

Chillicothe 6, Richmond 2

The Chillicothe Paints made this road trip count. This road trip did the team a bit of good as they managed to win 3 out of 4 on this road trip. This year, the road has proven to be quite kind to the Paints as they have had hardly any problems in handling their opponents whenever they score a certain amount of runs. They faced a familiar foe, back in the friendly confines of Don McBride Stadium in Richmond, Indiana, the River Rats opposed them once again.

Tony Davey gave up 7 hits and would give up 2 runs in 7 innings of work. Did he have a hard time during his start? Of course, there were some moments where you could pause for concern, but overall, Davey did just fine. He did a good job of getting the River Rats out right when he needed to. Along with giving up just a walk on the side, Davey wasn't too shabby on the mound at all. He had good help in the form of the Paints' defense and even Davey himself made a couple of plays on defense.

Mark Williams was the only other pitcher to see action for the Paints in this game, but no other pitcher would be needed because Williams got the job done in his two innings of relief work. He gave up a pair of hits and a walk. Make no mistake about it, the Paints were on their A-game here, and their A-game has been the most present whenever they have faced Richmond, whether back at home at V.A. Memorial Stadium or at Don McBride Stadium. I guess that's what happens when the ball just bounces in your favor against certain opponents.

For the offense, Kyle Galbraith had two singles. Ben Allen had two singles, a double, and an RBI. Catcher Andrew Marshall had two doubles and two RBI's. Cory Maguire had a single, a double, and three RBI's. Eian Banks had a single. DH Zach Frentsos had a bunt single. Kyle Gendron had a single. Steven Mirizzi had a double. Both the third and fourth innings were very much explosive in this game, and how fitting I mention that because Independence Day is just around the corner as I type this report down. The Paints were clicking on all cylinders on offense. This reminded me of the opening week or so for the Paints ballclub.

It goes without saying that the Paints have handled themselves well on this recent trip into parts of the Western Division. Rest assured, there were going to be challenges along the way as the Paints faced these clubs, but overall, they will be coming to Chillicothe looking just fine and dandy. I wish I had more to say on this trip. There's just not much material to write about these days. I could talk about the other night against the Hannibal Cavemen that there weren't any phone lines at the Cavemen's ballpark (how ironic), and that I couldn't listen to the game between the Paints and the Cavemen at all. No worries, though. I guess that's just life in a new college wooden bat league for you...when you try to connect the dots about how your new league is going to operate, and then you find out that you have plenty of bugs to sort out. Yeah, you kind of get that feeling in year one.

The Paints return home for the Fourth of July, so get ready for a big celebration!

Also, get ready for a special report I have planned for a certain former Paints player. Stay tuned.