John Mayberry hit a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the 9th inning tonight to give the IronPigs a walk off victory over the Durham Bulls by a final score of 6 to 5!
Nate Bump looked good early but encountered problems in the 5th riding a 5 to 1 lead. Bump allowed 4 more runs to tie the game and was pulled for Michael Schwimer. Schwimer went two scoreless innings and Carpenter and Zagurski each added an inning, leaving Zagurski with his second win of the season.
I am really liking what I’ve seen out of Mayberry since his return. He has more hustle and seems to be trying a lot harder now than he did when we last saw him at The Coke. Mayberry made a great diving catch earlier in the game and had an RBI double before his solo home run capped off a 2 for 5 night for the slugger.
On another note, the game started off with a video of Ironpig players dressed up like Chippendales dancers. I guess the theme from yesterday will continue. Not to stir the fire, but just acknowledging the newest direction the organization seems to be taking. Hey, Las Vegas tried the market to the whole family thing a few years back and quickly returned to the “Sin City” moniker. Will we soon see a “What happens at The Coke.. stays at The Coke” theme arising. I’m not sure why though. It appears there is a determined effort to restore the attendance levels of 2010. Standing at a per game average of 8,804 is nothing to laugh or cry about. Many teams would pray for attendance like this. Personally, I enjoy the old standby gags, the organ music, the random video clips to fire up the crowd. Maybe more tradition and less creativity would be in order?
Anyways, tomorrow the Pigs look to win the 4 game series and we get our last shot to say hello to old friends JJ Furmaniak, RJ Swindle and Dan Johnson.
See you there!
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