The Games
1) April 13, 2001, with my wife, 3 kids, my son�s friend and his dad. My two oldest, my son�s friend and I were on our way back from games in Altoona and Bowie. The Hickory Crawdads, the Pittsburgh Pirates� South Atlantic League affiliate, were in town. Hickory starter Landon Jacobsen gave up 1 hit, no walks and struck out 11 over 7 innings. BlueClaws starter Yoel Hernandez gave up 1 hit and 1 walk over 6. Scoreless after 10 � innings, Lakewood won it in the 11th on a bases loaded single.
2) June 18, 2002, with my daughter and her friend. The South Atlantic League All-Star Game. North 5, South 2. Nine pitchers limited the South to 1 hit, an RBI single in the 8th by Hickory�s Chris Young. The South�s other run came in the 3rd when Macon�s Greg Miller was hit by a pitch, stole 2nd and came around on 2 wild pitches. The North took the lead in the 2nd on doubles by Lexington�s Charlton Jimerson and Charleston�s (West Virginia) Mike Snyder, and scored again in the 7th on 3 singles. In the bottom of the 8th, after the South tied the game, the North went ahead on a 3-run homer by Delmarva�s Trey Salinas, the home run champ for the North in the pre-game contest. A league record 8,571 were in attendance. |
