Live: Baysox vs. Connecticut -- Where is everyone?
Well, the no-hitter is over.
I'm just kidding, but Connecticut second baseman Brock Bond singled through the hole at shortstop to lead off the top of the first inning.
Baysox starting pitcher Brian Matusz settled down to retire the next three batters, stranding Bond at second base. The 22-year-old left-hander threw seven of his 11 pitches for strikes in the inning.
On a side note, I'm a little bit surprised at the small crowd gathered at Prince George's Stadium. With Matusz on the mound and the Mustache Mania promotion, I thought there would be a larger turnout. And to make things worse, the fans who did show up don't seem to be very involved in the game.
I've been here in the past when the ballpark was near capacity, so it's a little puzzling to not see many people here tonight. Of course, it's about 150 degrees (OK, it's really 85 degrees) and humid.
Left fielder Jonathan Tucker led off the bottom of the first inning for the Baysox, and he was hit by the first pitch from Defenders right-hander Geivy Garcia.
After Baysox center fielder Danny Figueroa walked to put runners on first and second base with no outs, Garcia escaped the jam. Bowie first baseman Eric Crozier flied out to left field, and Tucker was caught stealing at third base as designated hitter Ambiorix Concepcion struck out.
At the end of the first, it's still a scoreless tie.
Comments
I know the Baysox have no say over game management decisions, but someone blew it here. Matusz was supposed to go last night, but the rainout on Thursday pushed him back. I have to think that if Matusz had in fact pitched yesterday, the crowd yesterday would have been bigger and tonight's would have been, well, the same as usual. I know I was going to go yesterday, but I wasn't going to drive like a bat out of hell to get to Bowie (70 miles) on a Monday evening after work.
Posted by: Matt | July 27, 2009 8:21 PM