Postgame Thoughts (August 29, 2011)

Carlos Gomez at the plate...

Kernels 6, Timber Rattlers 4
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Well, shoot.
The results…eh…Kane County won tonight. That puts them six games clear of the Rattlers with seven games left.
Let’s focus on a few other things tonight.
Nick Ramirez is stinging the baseball. Tonight was the third time he has collected three doubles in a game.
That would be three times in the last four games for him to have three doubles in a game.
Cody Hawn is also ripping the baseball. He had two sharp singles and a walk to move his average to .296.
Carlos Gomez denied Rolando Gomez a home run in the top of the fifth.
He raced back to the wall just to the right of the batter’s eye and leapt to get a glove on the ball.
Gomez didn’t make the catch, but he brought it back into the park
Then, he turned it into an outfield assist when Rolando tried for a triple.
That’s 46 outfield assists this season for the Rattlers.
Gomez left the game after he grounded out in the seventh inning. He went 1-for-4 with another stolen base, & the outfield assist.
Eric Arnett’s slider looked good again, but he missed the strike zone eight straight times in the fifth to first load the bases and then force in the tying run.
In the eighth, the Rattlers looked like they caught a huge break on the obstruction call in the eighth.
When the call stood, Kernels manager Brent Del Chiaro was ejected. But it was during the argument that the production crew earned their salary for the homestand.
During the argument one of the quick thinkers began playing this clip from Billy Madison:

The crowd had one of their strongest reactions to anything that has been played by the production crew all season.
Speaking of the crowd: 5,295 on a Monday night.
The crowds have been awesome over the final homestand.
Come on out and say good bye to the home schedule on Tuesday night.