An interesting game for the Cats

In last night's game I sat with some friends on the third base line (the shot is from the seats during the National Anthem). For some reason the Cats have had a problem with the 51s this season. In Friday's game they lost by one run but even with the result one had the feeling that they could not pull it out.

Last night the team looked very good. There were three oddities in the game. First, there were four close calls at the plate where runs scored, although two of the calls (one against the Cats and one against the 51s) looked from my vantage point looked like they went the wrong way. It is rare to have that many calls at the plate. Second, Chris Denorfia had a stunning night from center field. In the top of the first, he pegged a long shot from almost the warning track to stop a run. Later in the game a 51s runner chickened out in running toward home after a fly ball catch by Denorfia simply because of how good his peg had been in the first. FInally, the 51s were not served well by their relievers. In two thirds of an inning Miller, who faced seven batters, threw 9 or 10 balls in a row (he ended up with 10 strikes on 34 pitches).

The Cats scored in all the odd innings and won the game 10-1.