Another Nice Game Played

Chillicothe 6, Nashville 2

I want to apologize for another blunder that I have made early on this season. The name of the starting third baseman for the Chillicothe Paints as of now is not Jeff Corfman, but rather Joe Korfman. The funny thing is that he's listed as Jeff Corfman in the scorecard and I went off of the scorecard even though announcer John Wend clearly called out the name Joe Corfman. I was a bit perplexed trying to figure out which name was the real one, or if Joe was actually using Jeff as some sort of alias. Oh well. We all swing and miss at some point!

Speaking of Joe Corfman, the starting third baseman got in a single to lead off the second inning in this ballgame. For the offense overall, the Paints did yet another great job of getting the hits in when they needed to come in, Second baseman Torsten Boss had quite an interesting game as he would have two RBI singles and two stolen bases. Torsten really showed off the great speed that he had in this game and it was a pleasant surprise. Centerfielder Cody Elliott had an infield single. Right fielder Jeff Holm had a double and a stolen base. Designated hitter Anthony Wieber had a single. Shortstop Ryan McMillin continued to impress as he would have another solid game. He had an infield single, an RBI double and then capped it off with another single.

The Chillicothe Paints got to do this against one of the newest teams in the Prospect League, the Nashville Outlaws, and yes, I'm talking about Nashville, Tennessee. The Paints did get some help to drive some runs in because of the fact that the Outlaws were being a little bit sloppy on defense. The Outlaws had eight hits and eight errors in this ballgame, so that probably reveals just what went wrong for Nashville here. They had as many hits as they did in the error department. In spite of that, the Outlaws did lead once in this game, but that was a very early 1-0 lead in the first few innings. The later parts of the game were where the Outlaws started to come undone.

For the pitching, starting pitcher Ryan Robertson had a good outing for the Paints as he would go on to pitch six full innings of baseball, giving up eight hits and two runs, but he didn't walk any batters and when you think about it, giving up just two runs when you give up eight hits isn't bad at all. Robertson would strike out three batters. The Chillicothe bullpen did pick Robertson up very well as reliever Jared Messer pitched 1 and 2/3 innings, giving up three walks and plunking a batter, but he struck out a batter and didn't give up a single hit, and of course not a single run. Keenan White went the rest of the way for the Paints, pitching 1 and 1/3 innings and giving up only a walk. He struck out a batter to cap off the pitching side of things.

Average Runs Per Game: 6.5

I have no idea why I want to keep track of this certain stat, but it seems to me that it's an interesting enough stat to keep an eye on when I consider that the Paints are hitting the ball as well as they have. They have done a really good job and they are looking impressive, but nonetheless, don't look too far ahead. 4 games doesn't make a season. Averaging 6 and 1/2 runs a game is a great start, but just be careful. One Paints fan told me that this could be a reminder of the 2006 go-around for the Paints organization when the team won their first 10 games even though they were going through some issues such as the injury bug. We'll just have to wait and see if this season is like that season.