Game Notes 4/25/10 Pigs 4 – SWB 5

The Pigs lost a close one today in an overcast day in Scranton. The Noise Nation made the trip up the NE extension to the game today and the rain held out for the entire game! We even saw sunshine for a couple innings.

Scranton trips are always a good time. The stadium is a little older but they take good care of it. The food was ok. Had a great chili dog from the kosher hot dog stand and heard many good things about the fries. As always, the people and staff were wonderful folks with jokes and smiles all over. Unfortunately this was a very very small crowd. The buzzing of the lights actually overwhelmed most of the random chatter with the exception of a few cheers here and there. Posted attendance was 2,974 but to say there was 500 people there it would be pushing it.

Cody Ransom had a great visit to his old home going 3-5 with a HR and 3 RBI.

Dorta and Hoover had multi hit games although Hoover reached first base 3 times on questionable plays. The first was a dropped 3rd strike and the other two were high throws from the other side of the infield. Not sure about the scorekeeping but from our viewpoint it looked like he would have been out with a solid throw on both occasions.

Jason Anderson took the loss and appeared to be struggling. As one fan noted, it looked like he was throwing batting practice. Anderson has never been one to be productive pitching on consecutive days.

Also wanted to note that in the clubhouse store, I picked up an International League Record book for 2010. Think media guide but for the whole league. Spiral bound and full of good info. Must have for a trivia buff.

Another great time! The 16 of us that made the trip actually had all of the right field seats to ourselves. Hoping to get another trip together in July!