By Bruce A. Fasol
Boston Red Sox fans can understand how Dustin Hopkins felt after the season opener Tuesday afternoon, at McKee Field. The Red Sox saw a mistake cost them a world championship when they needed just one out. The West Frankfort Redbirds needed just one out as well to wrap up a season opening victory over visiting Carbondale.
The Redbirds went into the seventh inning with a 4-1 lead. Carbondale manage to whittle that lead down to 4-3 but were down to their last out with a man on third base. A wild pitch plated the tying run sending the game into extra innings.
In the eighth inning, Redbird coach Dustin Hopkins said his team “fell apart.” Carbondale plated 6 runs in the extra frame to take a 10-4 lead to the bottom of the inning. The Redbirds could only mount one run in their own comeback effort to take the loss, and open at 0-1 for the 2013 season.
Hitters for West Frankfort included: Sailliez, Keller,Sisk and Drone with a hit apiece. Rich had 2 RBI’s for the ‘Birds. Koehl was 2-4.
Rich took the loss for the Redbirds. The Redbirds are back in action next week.
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