West Virginia

The drive to Beckley West Virginia was a lot shorter than I originally expected. It only took us three and a half hours to get there. When we arrived we checked in to the Country Inn & Suites. Once we got settled in I walked to subway with some other guys on the team. Then when we got back everyone changed and we went to the ballpark. The Linda Eppling Stadium was very nice. It's only a few years old and they did a very nice job with it. When we got to the locker room they had a fridge full of Powerade for us. The locker room was nice and they had very good facilities for us. The field was all turf and they had a good sized seating area. The seats behind home plate were stadium seats and the rest were bench seats.
The game that night was rather uneventful. We weren't hitting too well. Late in the game West Virginia tied it up and we ended up going into extra innings. The game lasted a long time and we went 15 innings before Giancarlo hit a homerun and we won the game. After the game I just went to the hotel and passed out. The following day we just hung out in the hotel and waited til we left for the park. There was a Cracker Barrel next to the hotel so some of the pitching staff went there for brunch. Then the rest of the day we just hung out in the hotel until we left for the park. The game that might wasn't as long as the night before. Our bats weren't very hot and we ended up losing 6 to 3.