The Coors Light offense showed off the power it had been lacking all season Thursday Night.  However it was not enough, as they dropped a one run extra inning thriller to rival Emma’s Thursday Night, 17-16.  Twelve extra base hits, including five HRs, weren’t quite enough to offset the 13 runners left on base; 8 of which were a direct result of Ichiro Robillard’s uncontroversial ejection (and subsequent four automatic outs) in the 2^nd inning for a bat throwing incident.

After the ejection, everyone stepped up their game as Coors Light traded shots with the opposition in the back and forth affair.  Trailing 14-13 in the 7^th, Buff Robillard (3-4, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SF) came through with a titanic, 2 out light pole shot to tie the game and Jim Antonetti (3-4, 4 R, BB, 3 HR, 5 RBI) followed with his 3^rd bomb of the night (his team leading 8^th) to put Coors Light up by one.  However, Emma’s was able to plate the tying run and ultimately put up two more in the 8^th to take home the victory.  Coors Light now stands at 7-15 on the year.     

Bobby McCarthy (4-5, 3 R), Jeff Stastny (4-5, 3 R, cycle, 5 RBI), John Powers (3-4, BB, 2B, 2 RBI), Joe Nichols (2-3, R, 2B, 3 IBB), Chris Washburn (2-4, R, 2B, RBI, SF), Smokey Wiener (2-4, BB), Ichiro Robillard (1-2, R), and Captain Joe Voci (0-4, go ahead RBI in the 8^th, SF) all picked up their games and made big contributions.

Voci (2-9) took the tough loss on the hill.  The defense played fairly well, led by an outstanding effort at first by Wiener, but the outfield simply couldn’t overcome the lack of a fourth fielder.

Coors Light next faces third place DeGrace (14-7) Monday@7:45.