Rain washes away County League semi
In all the recorded history of baseball there is one opponent that has never lost a game to another team, regardless of classification, from pickup to professional leagues. That opponent is The Rainmaker.
Nobody has ever been able to beat him on an open field and never will. Monday, The Rainmaker added another scalp by washing out Carmichaels at Mill Run in the second inning of Game Four in the Fayette County Baseball League’s semifinal playoffs.
Carmichaels leads the best-of-five series, 2-1.
Play was suspended with Carmichaels batting in the second inning, trailing, 2-0, and will resume today at Mill Run at 6 p.m., picking up from the point of suspension.
Darkness started to close in almost as soon as the game started, and rain threatened with Mill Run batting in the first. Then, with Carmichaels batting in the second, to say the skies opened up would be putting it mildly, and calling the aftermath a deluge would be fudging on descriptive words a bit.
For almost 10 minutes, it seemed like one solid, wind-blown, sheet of rain instead of the usual drops. There was one report of seeing a guy walking down the road through Mill Run, a set of boat plans under his arm, and being followed by two horses, two cows, two dogs, etc.
When play resumes today, Carmichaels will be at bat in the top of the second, Jeff Thompson on third base, Duane Dupont at first, and Eric Holt batting, with a ball two-no strikes count.
In the top of the first, Scott Swinchock led off for Carmichaels with a single and was bunted to second by J.W Kayla. Then pitcher Chris Brunson got Vince Zapotosky on strikes and Charlie Humes on a grounder to end that threat.
Mill Run went up 2-0 in its end of the first. Dennis Show singled to lead off. Kris Firestone tried to bunt him ahead, but Show was thrown out at second. Jeremy Miller lined a high and deep shot past the swings in left-center and chased courtesy runner Brandon Bryner around the bases for a homer and a 2-0 lead.
John Warrick singled and moved ahead on a passed ball, before Mike Doppelheuer bounced one back to Ryan Shetterly on the mound and Jim Warrick popped to Zapotosky at first.
In the Carmichaels second, Thompson drew a leadoff walk on a full count and Dupont singled him to third. Holt had two wide pitches to him before the rain really arrived, and play was suspended.