Leading off from over at OoLF:
LYNX: A TOUGH NIGHT FOR COMMODITIES
Having taken more than their RDA of Zink (pictured) last night, the Lynx hitters moved on to the Pawsox bullpen, took advantage of a few miscues and walked away with a fortified win (boxscore, play-by-play). Matt Childers (7-2, 5.04 ERA), the recently returned Eude Brito (1-6, 6.52 ERA) and Joe Bisenius (2-3, 6.69 ERA) held Lynx killers Bobby Scales and Ed Rogers to an anemic combined 2 for 8. Okay, we know that a zinc defficiency has nothing to do with anemia, but until an opposing pitcher named Charles Tadao “Iron” comes along, you’ll have to cut us some slack. (Uh, hello, Mr. Sager…? There’s a crazy person writing on your blog.)
Last night, it was Pawsox manager Ron Johnson who was left 
wondering whether he’d yanked his pitcher too early. With two out in the eighth, Zink was lifted after giving up a couple of singles and a hit batter. His replacement, Brian Corey, promptly gave up a pair of RBI on a hit by Dusty Wathan, allowing Ottawa to tie the game. Dusty had another big night with both the bat (1-3, 2 RBI) and the glove - with no one out in the 7th, Dusty caught Joe McEwing stealing second; a subsequent hit by Bobby Kielty would likely have scored the speedy McEwing.
OoLF turning point: Top of the sixth. With the bases loaded and no outs, Childers showed his metal, er…, mettle (OK. We swear. We’ll stop now.) inducing an infield fly, and then finishing it off with two Ks. A gutsy performance.
You just knew that someone named Fabio would be featured on Ladies Night, with Castro squaring off against Pawtucket’s Clay Bucholz.
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*** UPDATE ***
The weather didn’t seem all that bad, but the game was called and Pawtucket got to get out of Dodge early last night. Unfortunately this also now means that the earliest shot the team will get at it’s 1000th win will come on the road. The decision to cancel was also costly for us at a more personal level; to add insult to injury, with the rain ended, I got to come home and finish demolishing the deck followed by a viewing of High School Musical II.
Nice.
“These people are so nice. We’ve never received a welcome like this before,” McFarland said after the group was introduced over the PA system in the third inning. [Photo credit: John Bradley, story: Ottawa Citizen]
We first read about the travels of these fellows on Wednesday, but neglected to give them any blog time until now. Thanks to John Bradley for the great photos!
And one more from a couple of weekends ago, after Gary’s shot to tie the game:
That one was for you, ottawalynxblog! [Photo credit: John Bradley]
