A (short) break in the action

Last night's Rivercats game was a bit of a change-up. The Cats were on a four game winning streak, with two very exciting one run games on Saturday and Sunday. Last night's 7-1 loss the fire in the team seem to have left it. Our hitting, with the exception of Monday's game, has been a bit light but the determination to win the game came through for those four games but last night, not so much. We got to see Ron Flores, who was a good middle reliever for the Cats for a couple of seasons (and deserves to spend more time in the bigs), but is now in the St. Louis organization. He pitched two innings. Vincent Mazzaro, who came up from Midland, seemed to have an OK first outing until he ran into trouble. Compared to the previous four games this one was a yawner. The team did not seem into it and neither were the fans.

The crunch time in the season awaits - a day game against the Redbirds to finish out the series today and then a day off and a four game stand in Las Vegas, then an eight game homestand (Salt Lake then Tacoma). They then do a nine game road trip against the Grizzlies and Tacoma to finish the season at home against the Grizzlies. Thirteen of those are away games. Nine of the remaining games are against the Grizzlies. Salt Lake still has the winningest record in the league and Las Vegas is currently four and a half games back. If they hold the kind of spirit they had in the four previous games we could get into the playoffs.