Thoughts and pictures of my local minor league baseball team the New York Penn League Connecticut Tigers; a Detriot farm team. We'll still be looking at former Navigators/Defenders players along the way....

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Defs split but should have swept two over the SeaDogs



tonight. The Defs waste a great outing from Garrett Broshuis in the first game losing 2-1. Defs left an army of baserunners on, loading the bases three times but all they could mange was a Clay Timpner solo HR in the bottom of the seventh. Garrett scattered 7 hits going the distance. His record falls to 3-7.
Game 2 the hitting came around lead by two run RBI singles by Nate Schierholtz in the first and Brian Buscher in the second. Travis had a RBI groundout thanks to some nifty baserunning by Buscher avoiding a DP at second and Andy Busch got his first hit (at last! they even took the ball out of the game) a RBI double up the left center gap. Geno Espineli pitched well again in his third start out of the pen going 5.2 innings, 6 hits and one ER improving his record to 5-2. R.D. Spiehs picked up his first save of the season wrapping up the game.
Misc Fan notes: Hands down best all around player on the team this year has been Brian Buscher. Average is up to .270 and has shown a better glove than I remember him for last year; had a couple of nice picks again tonight.
Really light crowd for a doubleheader against the Red Sox farm team. Two games for the price of one and maybe a thousand are in the park at the start of game one? Shouldn't have to have bobbleheads and fireworks every night to draw a crowd.

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