Saturday night’s game at Harbor Park was another cold one in Section 309. However, the intrepid fans who stayed for all 11 innings were treated to one of the best pitching duels we’ve seen in a long time. I was very impressed with the first Tides outing of Jair Jurrjens, who pitched six innings of one-hit baseball. He also gave up only two walks, if my scorebook is correct. We also saw good bullpen work from Delcarmen, Ascensio, Hendrickson, and Proctor. It was a far cry from Friday night’s shellfest. Despite the 2-0 loss, ten innings of one-hit baseball is nothing to be ashamed of! I am glad that I got to see it.

I’m somewhat concerned about the small crowds at the games. Again, we probably saw only about 2500 – 3000 in attendance last night. I wasn’t able to attend today (well, frankly, I stayed home to watch the Cueto – Strasburg matchup on TV), but it sounds like the crowd was decent for game 1 but thinned out again for game 2.

The Spousal Unit was at the game with me last night and was bored by the pitching duel. I think a lot of fans are, considering the light crowd that was left at the end of the game. Ten innings of 0 – 0 baseball aren’t for everyone, perhaps. However, I loved seeing this, especially after I was so disappointed Friday. The games today are relatively low-scoring also. I was pleased to hear that Freddie Garcia wanted to pitch today. He’s thrown about 80 pitches at this moment so he’s about finished for the day. With the score 3-2 at the bottom of the fifth (of a planned seven-inning game), we’re not out of it yet. We’re about to see Daniel Schlereth for the first time this season.

Canzler is looking better today. Last night he went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. However, he just tied up the game with an RBI single.

Looking for a big win in Game 2 today! Have a nice evening…I’ll be back with you tomorrow with the results of this one.