Todays Saints Game

[adorduan]

I was able to attend the game today between the Saints and the Cubs.  Absolutely perfect weather, 75 degrees, sunny with a little breeze. Some observations. I wanted to see what Kirilloff looked like. 1st inning he was late against some mid 90's fastballs and struck out. next at bat was good. after getting down 0-2 he worked out a walk.  Next at bat he flew out to fairly deep center. in the 8th he hit the ball hard but was caught in deep center. the game was tied so he came up again in the 10th.  He hit a bullet to center for a double to start an 8 run inning..  He made the final out on a grounder to first. So even though he was only 1-5, I thought he hit well. Some other observations. Andreoli and Cave both made nice diving catches, Andreoli's being more difficult. Cave also missed a difficult but makeable catch at the wall that resulted in a triple. Morales, the catcher looked good at the plate, with 2 hits, one being a grand slam in the 10th. Beckham had 2 hits, including a HR. I was kind of shocked to see Sanchez throw 103 pitches. I didn't think that happened anymore.  Gore did not look good in relief, walking 2 and hitting another while allowing 2 runs to tie the game in the 9th.Game took just over 3 hours, not bad considering the amount of runs scored. All in all a fun day at the park and my ticket cost a grand total of $2.40.  Thanks groupon!