This fan in a motorized chair was all set for the game last night at Coca-Cola Park.It was the last home game of the season and was again a sell-out. Adam Eaton, on the last lap of his unstellar minor league tour, started for the IronPigs, went three, and wasn't awful. But the Syracuse bullpen was better than ours and the Chiefs got the 5-2 win. Despite the 'Pigs' dismal record, it was pretty much a happy time at the park this summer but more about that later. The team drew over 600,000 for the season and has very much become a part of the life of the Lehigh Valley. Is there anything better to say?
The Phillies game in Chicago was ending just as the 'Pigs' game was starting. Brett Myers was solidly nasty for seven, Jayson Werth homered twice (both solo shots) and also singled in two. J.C. Romero held the Cubs off in the 8th and Lidge dispatched them in the 9th. Each game in the series has featured a botched call at 1st. This time the Phillies were able to overcome it. Whew!
Today the Phillies announced the following call-ups: Adam Eaton (of course), J.A. Happ from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, and Greg Golson and Lou Marson from Double-A Reading. More to come tomorrow?
