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Posted in Sports on Aug 18th, 2008
Stephen Vogt greeted at home plate following his game-winning, 10th-inning homer.
For 9-1/2 innings, the Columbus Catfish were either behind or tied with the Hagerstown Suns (Nationals).
But in the bottom of the 9th, C Stephen Vogt gave the Catfish their first lead when he blasted the game-winning home run over the clubhouse roof beyond right field.
The [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 17th, 2008
Stephen Vogt races across home plate after homering against Hagerstown.
The Columbus Catfish are ending the season on a roll.
They won their 12th game in 16 tries this evening, beating the Hagerstown Suns (Nationals), 3-0. It’s their 3rd in the series with Hagerstown. A win Monday gives the Catfish a 4-game sweep.
Posted in Sports on Aug 17th, 2008
Missed a couple of nights in the ball park earlier this week because of a stomach flu.
Then, missed the first two games — Friday and Saturday night — for some events involving family.
The Columbus Catfish didn’t miss me a bit. They won both Friday and Saturday night, 3-2 and 11-8.
Posted in Sports on Aug 14th, 2008
After an 8-0 road trip — and a 9-game winning streak — the Columbus Catfish have now lost three in a row.
The former tenants of Columbus’ Golden Park, the Lake County Captains (Indians) — the former Columbus RedStixx — have now won the first three games of their series, including a double header on Wednesday.
Lake [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 11th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish’ winning streak came to a halt tonight.
The team they replaced in Columbus, the current Lake County Captains (Indians) outscored the Catfish 11-8, ending the Catfish streak at nine games.
Prior to the 2003 season, the Lake County Captains were the Columbus RedStixx, and the Catfish were the Wilmington (then the South Georgia) [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 11th, 2008
Another Columbus Catfish player has been recognized by the South Atlantic League for a good week’s work.
RP Austin Hinkle picked up the honor today, being named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week:
Austin Hinkle, Columbus
0-0, 4 SV, 0.00 ERA, 4 G, 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 SO
In a [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 10th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish continued their hot streak Saturday night.
The Catfish beat the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets) 7-5 to complete a 4-game sweep, a perfect 8-0 road trip, and their 9th straight win.
The game was remarkable in one other way: the Catfish won the game despite being out-hit by Savannah, 13-5.
Posted in Sports on Aug 9th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish got the best of both worlds Friday night in Savannah.
A pair of games were in doubt from even being played. But they waited out the weather, then took two from the host Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets), 5-3 and 5-2.
The first game was all Catfish, as they jumped out to an early lead, [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 7th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish overcame an early 4-run deficit, then won the game in extra innings Wednesday night.
The Catfish took the series opener from the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets), 8-6, in 11 innings:
Posted in Sports on Aug 6th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish completed a sweep of the Asheville Tourists (Rockies) Tuesday night.
The Catfish jumped out to an early lead, then held on to win the game, 4-2, to claim their 5th win in a row, including all four games against Asheville:
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