Pheasants' Ace, Ben Moore, pitched a gem of a game, striking out ten and pitching eight scoreless innings in the Birds first of three consecutive meetings with the Sioux City Explorers. Closer, Aaron Cotter, pitched a scoreless 9th to give Moore (3-2) the win and notch a fourth save for himself. Tonight's game resulted in a tie for Moore with former Pheasant, Pat Mahomes, for second place all-time in franchise history with 246 career fans (strikeouts). Explorers' starter, Mikael Ryder (1-3) only allowed four hits, none until the bottom of the fifth. Ryder was relieved after 6 1/3 innings, walking one and fanning four Pheasants.
The Pheasants move to 15-5 (10-1 at home), solidly anchoring the first place spot in the American Association.
What a game, folks! This game was all about pitching, which was excellent on both sides, especially considering there were only eleven hits combined between both ball clubs. I, personally, didn't agree with manager, Steve Shirley's, decision to bring in Cotter (who is a heck of a closer and pitcher in his own right, don't get me wrong) to relieve Moore in the 9th. Ben was pitching a heck of a game and you have to stick with your hurler while he's hot! And Moore just seemed to be getting better and better as the night progressed! Overall though, great pitching by all hurlers involved in tonight's game, thank you for a wonderful night of entertainment and an unbelievable game of baseball!
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