Greenville Overcomes Injuries, Missing Players, and Baseball Pants to Finish Season Strong

With another terrific output from the Greenville bats, the team finished the regular season with a 19-13 win over the Sons O Thunder in front of another sold out crowd out at ford field 3. Brokaw pitched his way to his second win of the season, and proved once again just how deep Greenville's farm system is.

It was a gutsy performance all around. It is no secret that injuries have hampered the team all year, but Monday proved to have other obstacles in the road for the team to climb including the following...

• Sons O Thunder had 3 players wearing baseball pants, which beats the total of baseball pants faced all year in the other 7 games.
• Greenville pitching coach, Mike Mabry, was out of town on a scouting trip looking at a hot prospect pitcher in the Allen Bible Church minor league system.
• Brian Edwards and his mustache were in the Bahamas as he had to fulfill an obligation to his swimsuit modeling career.
• Randy Way was in training in Austin preparing to join the Coaching staff as the hitting coach for the playoffs.
• Clay Platt was tied up as he was on duty when Randy Way went speeding by on his road trip to Austin. They enjoyed catching up with one another, and Randy left with a ticket.
• David Strickland, Levi Carlson, and Cade Thompson continued to heal from their previous injuries.
• Shane Spencer, the Greenville Ace, is suffering from an anxiety disorder that leaves him with a complete lack of desire to pitch anymore. He even gave up his purple shorts. He has been asked to see the team psychiatrist.

With all these obstacles, you would think that it would really hamper the team's chances. It didn't.

Strickland came back off the DL to go 4 for 4 and score 3 runs.

Michael Shivers continued to smash the ball as he went 3 for 4 with another 3 runs scored.

Blake Wattenburger went 1 for 1 with 2 walks, a single, and a sac fly for an rbi. He also scored 3 runs.

Dustin Swart showed up late, but made his presence known by going 3 for 4 and adding another 4 RBIs to his team leading total.

The artist formerly known as the starting pitcher, Shane Spencer went 2 for 3 with 2 singles and a sac fly.

Brokaw helped his own cause going 2 for 2 with a single, a double, a walk, and 4 RBIs.

Shane Collins added 2 RBIs to his total by going 1 for 3 on the night.

Cade Thompson went 2 for 3 with 2 singles, a run scored, and an RBI.

James Manley busted out with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs.

Grant Glover added a Run and an RBI with his single in the 4th. He was also able to block out the distraction of his wife Becky yelling sweet pet names at him from her post at the scorer's table.

Levi fought through his injury to score a run and add another RBI to his total.

When asked about coming back off the D. L., Dave Strickland added, "I felt good swinging the bat tonight. It was tough beating those guys, because you know you are playing a good team when they have a player wearing baseball pants. This team had 3!"

Overall, it was another great night for the Greenville bats, and they look to take that momentum into the playoffs.