Sunday, May 09, 2004 |
A Hit, A Palpable Hit: Travs 5, Rock Hounds 4
Eric Cyr's quality start -- three earned runs in six innings -- came to a screeching halt after a four-pitch walk in the seventh. Cam Esslinger replaced him on the mound, and he immediately got nailed on the foot by a hard line drive, which skied about 30 feet up; he then caught it and was able to throw out Hound Jeremy Brown but it brought the Travs' coaches to the mound immediately. Esslinger gave the thumbs up sign and tried to wave them off, but his bravado went for naught. His subsequent walk of the next batter earned him the hook, replaced by John Rouwenhorst, who finished the game and collected a save with a scoreless eighth and ninth inning.
Postscriptum: I may have gotten my father-in-law infected. He hadn't been to a Travs game in over ten years, and is now thinking about getting his retiree friends to go to the park with him later in the season. As well, I taught my little nephew how to score, and if he probably couldn't do it himself quite just yet, I think he can now scribble the "K" in the frame properly. The team gave out free "Swamp Dragons" caps to the first 500 people through the gates, so we arrived early enough to pick up some for everyone. The Shreveport Swamp Dragons is a defunct Texas League team, an erstwhile Giants affiliate that only drew an average of 431 per game. (What, you thought they'd give away actual Travs hats?)
They let the kids run the bases after the game, and both my nephews elected to do so. Thanks to a stupid "battery saver" (it would be more accurately labeled "shot preventer") misfeature, I was unable to get pictures of both of them coming into home. Everyone had a great time.
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