Thursday, June 25, 2015

A Special Night

Last night three Batavia Muckdog pitchers combined to throw a perfect game against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers (only the third in the history of the New York Penn League-- which has been around at least since the 1930s)-- and I was there!  Gabriel Castellanos, seen above went seven innings, striking out twelve.  He was replaced by Brett Lilek-- just drafted last week-- who made is professional debut by striking out the side in the eighth.  Steven Farnworth got the save with a perfect ninth (one strikeout).  The final score was just 1-0, so there was plenty of drama beyond the no-hitter.  Here are a few more pictures from the evening (that's Castellanos getting what I guess is the Single A version of the Gatorade douse; the last shot is of the three pitchers and their catcher commemorating the event after the game). 





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