Defs drop final '08 home game 7-4 today.....

as GB (13-9 3.83 ERA) gave up three long balls in his 6 IP. Ryan Roberson (big guy) hit a three run jack (#23) in the top of the first as the Erie SeaWolves jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead. Connecticut battled right back as AR tripled and came in on a wild pitch. Carlos Sosa then walked and Adam Witter tied up the game with his 18th homer of the year.
GB then gave up solo homers to Delik Scram (13) in the third and Casper Wells (16), his second in as many days, in the fifth.
Nate Bump relieved GB and gave up a run in his two innings of work as Erie stretched it's lead to 6-3.
Connecticut got a run back in the bottom of the 8th on Witter's ground rule double to right and Simon Klink's RBI single. Erie pushed across an unearned run in the ninth inning off Ronnie Ray to wrap up the scoring at 7-4. CT has now lost 5 in a row.

Misc fan notes: Took a ton of pics today as the Defs were wearing special jerseys honoring Roberto Clemente. I'll start posting a few a day over the next week or so.
Team announced today's attendance as just under 5000 pushing the home attendance over 200K.
Club owner Lou DiBella was on hand today. All fans got a free gift, nice touch.

I saw the Defs play a total of 54 times (new high) this season (My W/L record ended up being 25-29) and I would be remiss if I didn't recognize the outstanding front office and game staff on hand that always made me feel welcome and always had kind words about this humble blog. Stay healthy and see you all next season!!

Pics: from top to bottom: It was Olmo Rosairo's birthday today, coach Vicor Torres was getting pics of himself with all the players--most of the poses were to the back of me but here's Olmo taking a group pic of AR, Torres and Carlos Sosa, Klink with the play at first, your final home score of '08