Wings lose game one, home for must-win tonight... Post date Aug 3rd, 2007

...The Wings dropped game one at Elmira last night, but it can not be said that the Wings did not have their chances. The Wings left 11 men on base last evening and out hit the Pioneers 11-8, the only place on the box score that matters is the runs column and Elmira beat the Wings there, 6-3. The Wings found themselves down 2-1 going into the top of the sixth inning and needed to get something going. Julio Gomez (Coker) and Chris Parkinson (Rhode Island) started the frame with back-to-back singles, and then Cory LePlante (Minnesota St) bunted tem over a base. Nick Spears (University of Texas Pan Am), then hit a single that drove in Gomez, tying the score at 2. Immediately following the hit, lightning was sighted near the ballpark, so a 2 hour delay ensued. Following the delay, the Wings rally was ended and no other runs would score in the inning. Ed Paul (Francis Marion) would return to the mound after the delay, but did not seem to have the same stuff he had before the delay. He was replaced by Tom Schiller (MCC) after 5 1/3 innings pitched. Schiller inherited a few runners in the sixth and between the two pitchers aother three runs would score making it 5-2. Schiller finished the game for the Wings allowing one run and striking out 4 in 2 2/3 innings. The Wings would try to rally one more time in the top of the seventh when Chris Vargo (Richmond) would start the inning with a single, and move to 2nd on a drag bunt by Brock Miller (Gardner Webb). Miller would reach base, but would get caught up by a pick off throw from the catcher, and Vargo would advance to third on the play. Vargo would then score on Gomez's RBI double to center field, but as was the theme of the night, Gomez would be stranded at second for the second time of the night, Gomez went 3-5 with 2 RBI on the night. That would be all the Wings could put together, as the Pioneers would add one more in the eighth, making the score 6-3, which would be the final score. The Wings loss puts them in a precarious situation, in a three game series, another loss would be the end of the season for the Wings. The boys return home tonight to host the Pioneers, and hope to send the Pio's back to Elmira with a loss and force them to play host to the Wings Saturday night for game three. The game tonight at McDonough Park is at 7:30. Come on out and make some noise and help your boys of summer push the series to game three!

...TONIGHT AT MCDONOUGH PARK, GAME TWO OF THE WESTERN DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, FIRST PITCH 7:30...BE THERE! �