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Umpire really missed two strikes by Holton. To their credit, Arky announcers admitted they were strikes.

I give Wiggins some credit.

Our guys often fall prey to off-speed pitchers. Rarely does a guy come in and blow it by us. He has hit 100 - and 98 is routine.

Noland looks like a new batter. Really good swing there.

Another runner in scoring position….

Keegan’s at-bat was disappointing. Contact is a run. I was disappointed Jones made no effort to get out of the way of that wild pitch. It was uncatchable. We score if he gets out of the way. To be fair, Wiggins is no slouch - he is throwing hard. But that’s why you have to execute with a runner at t...

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Here is a bit of a scoop: according to the lineup on line, Young is getting a rest. Diaz starts at ss.

Noland at 3rd. LaNeve at DH.

Kolwyck homers. We needed that badly.

It is encouraging to see Noland and Kolwyck heating up. By contrast, Jones came into this series with a 17 game hitting streak. He is 0-for Fayetteville. Needs to expect to get busted low and inside and sit on it. They have done that to him all weekend.

Arky: 8 runs on 4 hits.

This makes you appreciate what Berkwich and Schultz did last night: they threw strikes.

Reilly getting squeezed too.

7 walks for our pitchers. 6 have scored. Ump really deciding this one.

He is not squeezing Morris. He did squeeze Arky’s starter.

Why not continue to leave McElvain in still???

Edit: I am not being critical of McElvain here. Brain trust did him no favors leaving him in.

It was a very tight zone - got in his head. Should have been pulled with a safe lead.

We need two guys warm and ready. This strike zone just isn’t agreeing with McElvain. We are ahead.

9 straight balls. Pull him. What are we waiting for?

We escape. 5-2 after 3.

We have sure heard enough about that darned raccoon.

The strike zone is not helping McElvain. It is a tight one. Tight both ways.

Wow. Followed by a terrible error by Jones. We gave them a run.

McElvain very wild this inning. Needs a visit.

If he grooves one this thing is tied.

4 pitch walk not way to start bottom of third.

As I noted before that inning: aggressive helps. Bradfield’s steal led to first run. Jones running on pitch helped him score from first too. (It was a 3-2 pitch.)

Kolwyck smacks a double - 5-1.

That was beautiful - he went with it and hit it the opposite way. Like to see it.

McKenzie pokes a two strike seeing eye grounder through the infield - 3-1 Vandy.

Some key at-bats with 2 outs.

Vaz drills a double, scoring Jones. 2-1 good guys.

Noland showed signs of waking up his bat last night.

Vaz has been doing a good job of late too.

When Young comes around - we will be in business.

Well done. Bradfield legs out a single. Bulger advanced him. EBJ steals third and Keegan sky out scores him.