Not too surprisingly, there was a touch of anti-climax in the air after all the excitements of Tuesday night. Still, while the affiliates weren’t racking up an average of 10 runs per team, there was plenty left to enjoy on Wednesday. A Triple A first, a few of my favorite arms in the system in action — one of whom was oh so close to being perfect, again! And, in the night’s finale, we got another monstrous home run from possibly the strongest man in the system. Even teammates and opponents turn into little kids when they see some of the places Sean Roby hits baseballs!
So let’s get into a slightly shorter slate of games, and see what the night held in store for us.
HITTER of the NIGHT: Sean Roby (Eug), 2 for 4, GS HR (7), BB, 4 RBI
PITCHER of the NIGHT: Hayden Birdsong (Eug), 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, HR
Yep, birdie’s songs are pure and perfect and so, it seems, is the pitching motion of our Hayden, who really had it going again last night:
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