The boys first baseball game came in conjunction with an Eastover Spirit day where the school was allotted tickets to the game, so we purchased and sat with a few families from the school. I say a few, because many people had been turned off by the storm supposedly coming to Charlotte. Understandable. We, however, were not going to allow bad weather get in the way of sport.
Our seats were along the 1st base line, and weren't that great, but a few foul balls came our way. Not a lot of hits til the 3rd innings when the Railriders hit 3 runs. A rally in the 4th wasn't enough for the Knights to come back. By this stage the boys lost interest so we went for a wander around the ground to see what else there was. When we got as far away from our seats as physically possible, my phone (and everyone else at the stadium) sent a loud warning for an approaching severe storm. It was funny to see tonnes of people stop, look at their phones, make the decision to leave, then make the mad dash out of the park. We joined that exodus. While the rain started at the top of the 5th, and the wind picked up, the game continued as people half watched and exited the venue. I was later to find out that 5 complete innings was enough to cause a result. And the Knights lost as they struck out in the lightning, while we were back in the car headed for home.
I had a good day, though I might try and do it again without the kids (they like the idea of going to a game, but once they are there....) and in better seats. But I do love that BB&T Ballpark is right in the middle of downtown Charlotte, less than 3 miles from our home.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders 4 (Torres, Higashioka, Zehner, Avieino runs) defeated Charlotte Knights 3 (Rondole, Skole, Perez runs)
Attendance: 7,751
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