The Mudcats faced off against the Shorebirds in a rematch of the 09 World Series. Brian Romani and Brian Eifert were on the mound and Eddie Eifert and Zack Slavitsky were both playing on the same field again. Brian Eifert struggled on the mound early giving up a 2 run homerun to Romani to start the game. This set the tone of the game and the Shorebirds never looked back. The Mudcats struggled hitting as well as Romani gave up 1 hit and recieved a shutout in his opener. He struck out 7 batters including Eddie Eifert 3 times. The Shorebirds rolled along winning 5 to 0 and showed there power off against a heavy favorite Mudcats team.