Portland rockets may 28^th dh vs Indiana bandits

Good morning baseball fans, it’s a beautiful day in Portland. The Portland rockets opened the 2016 season Saturday at runkle-miller field vs. the Indiana bandits from Greenfield.

The won game one 15-8 then dropped the nitecap 15-4 in a rain shortenend game. In front on an impressive crowd the Portland team sent dan bollenbacher on the mound, and ray cooney remarked that this was a good group of veterans.  These guys have went 53-16 the last two years, recall the names, mitch waters, Justin Marrero, zach tanner back from 2 years pro ball, alex delk, billy geeslin, Dalton tinsley, conlin Affolder, tj lindstrand.
the rockets down 7-2 in the opener came on like gangbusters, and it was fun to watch. The offensive fireworks featured 4 triples and 3 home runs, all in one inning.  Yes sir, fireworks in may, in the 6^th mitch waters clubbed a no doubter over the left field wall, then billy geeslin did the same thing, then 2 batters later TJ lindstrand went deep. The rockets 14 hits in the contest .  in relief the rockets pitched Andrew bobeck , delk and waters, bobeck from Syracuse Indiana and a teammate of Affolder at bethel college got the win. 

3 hits each by Marrero, geeslin and by new outfielder Kevin sharpe from indy sach tanner had a double triple and 5 rbi, he played for the frontier grays last year,  he is one of ours now

Welcomed to the ballpark the new staircase to the pressbox, and our first visitor upstairs, our own first rocket to win a ballgame, larry chittum\

Love ya in Portland hawkshaw!~

Assistant coach of sorts tim devoss was also aboard cheering on the boys,

And thanks fred bailey for your generous donation.

Game 2 went 5 innings and our 4 pitchers just could not put out the fire, bandits 15-rockets 4

On this memorial day weekend we are grateful and thankful, and Saturday  we had a chance to meet the grandson of my friend who has passed Gerald kunce. He was on the other team but we shared some good memories.

Good luck to the Jay County Patriots and ft. recovery Indians and adams central jets all vying for tournament titles.

Rockets will be in Celina Wednesday nite a 705pm start at Montgomery field.

The field is just past mcdonalds on grand lake road.

We beat em twice last year. It wont be easy. 

Derek thobe our new pitcher from coldwater will be the starter

Rockets will return home for games fri sat and sun.

Man oh man, there is nothing like the sound of the bat barreling the ball and watching a triple, the most exciting play in baseball, we had 4 of em.

Rockets split to start the season, and it is only going to get better

Randy miller pg `14