Suspended due to rain.

I was worried a game interrupted after an inning, delayed by 90 minutes before it was determined to play another day, would leave me little chance to get some prime photos.

Well, after all this time, I should know the Swamp Bats better.

Dominic Severino took the mound and the pace was indicative of the coming storm. Leadoff hitter Steve Wilgus struck out swinging and when Connor Fitzsimons dropped the ball, he quickly recovered it and  threw to Darick Hall covering first. Outfielder Evan Ocello slammed a pitch over the left field fence to put the Waves ahead. Ryan 

Blanton flied to left and Taylor Perez made a fine catch to retire TJ Lynch.

Leadoff hitter Ryan Summers singled and eventually scored when somebody did something. (I got distracted, sue me.)

And then we got lightning. And thunder. And then it rained, oh how it rained. The Swamp Bats (literally) rolled out their new tarpaulin. After an hour or so, one of the Ocean State players took a running start and body-surfed the tarp.

Ben leaves the field in triumph.

 As an answer, All-Star relief pitcher Benjamin Criscuolo stripped down to his shorts and made a spectacular slide of his own. A little while later, fellow All-Star reliever Matt Clancy took his own turn at slip-n-slide. Criscuolo saved his best for last, starting just shy of the right field fence, Ben sprinted and dove on the tarp with a wonderful slide, worthy of a gold medal. The only criticism: they took to these stunts before I could get a decent picture.

Of course, one wonders if these fellows will wake tomorrow with major tarp abrasions or, how they would have explained a separated shoulder.

It should be noted this was going on as lightning split the night sky. We ALMOST had a BIG headline in tomorrows Sentinel.

And Ryan Summers blamed me for the rain.