28 2/3 innings without a run allowed!..... Post date July 23rd, 2007

...The Wings (22-15) extended their no-runs-allowed inning streak yesterday afternoon as they blanked the Bolivar A's 3-0 for the third shutout in as many games. The last run to score on the Wings was on Wednesday in Brockport with one out in the eighth. The team is hitting their stride at the right time of the season! The streak has now hit 28 2/3 innings as Dusty Odenbach (University of Connecticut) pitched 8 spectacular innings of one hit baseball, taking a no hitter to the eighth before it was broken up. Odenbach also struck out 10, and only faced 26 batters in his eight innings. The Wings made it interesting though, scoring only once in the first eight innings. The first run came in the fourth as Adrew Damewood (UT @ Tyler) and Juio Gomez (Coker) hit back to back singles, and Cory Leplante (Minnesota St) then bunted them over. A ground ball to the SS by Chris Parlinson relulted in an error scoring Damewood. The score would remain 1-0 going into the bottom of the eighth. The Wings manufactured two runs in the eighth, Ryan Hypke (Francis Marion) walked to start the inning, and moved to second on a bunt by Nick Spisek (Westchester). Chris Vargo (Richmond) then singled making it 1st and 3rd with one out. Brock Miller (Gardner-Webb)hit a soft liner to right which, with the uncertainty of the path of the ball caught Vargo in no-man's-land and he was thrown out at second. Hypke was able to score on the play making it 2-0. With two out Damewood singled to center, putting Miller on third. Chad Dalieden (University of Texas @ Tyler) pinch ran for Damewood and was called on to delay steal with Miller on third. The steal resulted ina n error by the shortstop and allowed Miller to score, making the contest 3-0. The Wings went into the ninth with the 3-0 lead and Kyle Bellamy (Miami) cam in to close the game. Bellamy proceeded to strikeout two en route to his 13th save on the season.

...The boys are off on Monday and Tuesday this week but the schedule is very kind as the team chases the pennant. Three of their last four games are at home: Wednesday vs. Hornell, Thursday vs. Niagara Falls, and Friday vs. Allegany County. All three games start at 7:30. The Wings then travel to Elmira for their last regular season game of the year against the Pioneers. The rainout make up for the July 19th game vs. Webster would be on Sunday, but will only be played if the game has the ability to affect the standings, if it does not, the game will not be played. Check back daily for playoff and scheduling updates. As the playoff picture becomes more clear we will post the playoff schedule.

Daily Playoff Update: The Wings picked up a full game on both Elmira and Allegany last evening. The Wings win coupled with Allegany's 3-2 loss to Brockport, and Elmira's 7-3 loss to Hornell puts the wings just 1 game behind the Nitros for second place, and only 1.5 games behind division leading Elmira. With four games to go in the season this may be a photo finish for the pennant! �