Happy Anniversary To Fifth Third Field
Published on April 9, 2008 under International League (IL1)
Toledo Mud Hens News Release
For those that didn't remember, today is the 6th anniversary of the first game ever played at Fifth Third Field (home of the Toledo Mud Hens). A couple of fun facts for you to enjoy:
-The Hens have a record of 259-179 at Fifth Third Field (regular season games only).
-Total attendance at the ballpark is now 3,465,507 (176 sell-outs) - these numbers include post-season
-952 players have played at Fifth Third Field that have played major league baseball
-Of all the players that have played at Fifth Third Field, alphabetically, David Aardsma (Charlotte, 2007) comes first and Mike Zywica (Charlotte, 2002) comes last
-Longest winning streak is 7 games (2002)
-Longest losing streak is 6 games (2004)
-Longest game in innings (16 innings on June 16, 2006 versus Syracuse) - won 2-0 on Josh Phelps HR
-Longest game, time (4:39 on June 23, 2003 versus Rochester) - won 6-5 in 14 innings
-Shortest game, time (1:51 on June 19, 2003 vs. Scranton/WB) - lost 3-0 (Josh Hancock versus Nate Robertson)
Here is the box score from the first game - 6 years ago today:
Norfolk Tides at Toledo Mud Hens Apr 09, 2002 at Toledo, Ohio (Fifth Third Field)
Norfolk Tides 5 (3-3) Toledo Mud Hens 7 (2-4)
AB R H RBI AB R H RBI
Latham, C lf 3 1 0 0 Infante, O ss 4 1 1 1
Scutaro, M 2b 3 1 0 0 Patterson, J 2b 5 2 3 1
Tarasco, T cf 4 1 2 0 Jackson, R rf 4 1 2 2
Phillips, J c 4 1 0 1 Monroe, C lf 4 1 1 0
Stratton, R rf 4 0 0 1 Munson, E 1b 4 1 2 3
Toca, J 1b 4 1 1 1 Alexander, C cf 4 0 1 0
Tracy, A dh 4 0 0 0 Wakeland, C dh 3 0 0 0
Wigginton, T 3b 3 0 1 0 Wilson, C 3b 4 1 2 0
Hernandez, C ss 3 0 0 0 Inge, B c 3 0 0 0
Cerros, J p 0 0 0 0 Kalita, T p 0 0 0 0
Jones, B p 0 0 0 0 Santana, J p 0 0 0 0
Corey, M p 0 0 0 0
Bacsik, M p 0 0 0 0
Yates, T p 0 0 0 0
Totals...... 32 5 4 3 Totals...... 35 7 12 7
Score by innings: R H E
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Norfolk Tides 000 500 000 - 5 4 0
Toledo Mud Hens 200 221 00X - 7 12 3
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E - Infante, O(3); Inge, B(3); Kalita, T(1). LOB - Norfolk 2; Toledo 7. 2B
- Wigginton, T(2); Patterson, J(2); Monroe, C(2); Wilson, C(1). 3B -
Patterson, J(1); Wilson, C(1). HR - Munson, E(1). SH - Scutaro, M; Inge, B.
SB - Toca, J(1).
IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF Fly Gnd
Cerros, J 4.0 5 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 17 18 5 3
Jones, B L 0-2 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 0
Corey, M 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 1
Bacsik, M 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2
Yates, T 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1
Kalita, T W 1-1 7.0 3 5 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 25 27 14 4
Santana, J S,1 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 2
WP - Kalita, T(1).
Strikeouts - Latham, C; Stratton, R; Toca, J 2; Tracy, A; Wigginton, T 2;
Patterson, J 2; Munson, E; Alexander, C; Wakeland, C 2; Inge, B 3. Walks -
Latham, C; Infante, O; Wakeland, C.
Umpires - Home:Creek, J 1st:Bennett, J 3rd:Spagnardi, D
Start: 0 Time: 2:13 Attendance: 12134
Next Day's Pitchers:
TOL-RHP Adam Bernero (0-1, 2.25)
NOR-RHP Tyler Walker (1-0, 1.80)
Game Time 6:30pm
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