Opening Night

I've set up camp in the new bleachers on the RF side. Directly between 1st base and the Giant's bullpen. Great addition for 2010. Looks like
Brandon Faulkner from KSU will be the Topeka starting pitcher.

And were underway...

Foresters go down 1-2-3 in the top of the first. A bit of controversy when the first out came from an interference call at 1st base.

Bottom of the first-Giants score first run off a single by Josh Cyr.

Second run scores when Dale Ricketts is HBP with the bases loaded. 2-0 Giants with 2 outs in the 1st.

2-0 Giants with one inning complete.

Still 2-0 Giants after top of the second.

Giants score 2 more on another Rea single in the bottom of the 2nd. 4-0 Giants with one out.

Another run off a Josh Cyr double. Cyr was tagged out between 2nd and 3rd. It's now 5-0 Giants after two complete.

Rockford gets first hit with a single to RF by Jorge Garza. Next batter grounds into double play. Still 5-0 Topeka after 2 1/2.

Double play ends promising bottom of the 3rd for Giants. Still 5-0 after three. Giants have 6 hits to Rockford's one.

Still 5-0 after 3 1/2.

Rockford scores on a single by Licon in the top of the fifth. 5-1 Topeka after 4 1/2.

Battery's a bit weak. Updates will be a little less frequent the remainder of the game.

5-2 after 5 1/2. Rockford scored on a wild pitch.

Giants go down 1-2-3 in bottom of 6th. Still 5-2.

Cody Schumacher is warming up for Topeka. Looks like he'll take over in the 8th. It's 5-2 Topeka with 2 outs in the top of the 7th.

Schumacher comes in after Rockford scores in top of the 7th. Now 5-3 Topeka. Still one out to go until stretch-time.

Schumacher gets the K. 5-3 Topeka in the middle of the 7th.










RBI groundout by Zach Carlson in the bottom of the 7th. 6-3 Topeka.

Another Topeka run scores on a 2-out single by Drew Wilkerson. 7-3 Topeka going into the 8th.

Still 7-3 Topeka with 8 in the books. Just three outs to go!

We just went final. 7-3 Topeka over Rockford.

Giants had 7 runs on 9 hits with an error. Rockford had 3 runs on 5 hits with no miscues in the field.

The Golden Giants are 1-0! These same two teams face off again tomorrow night at 7:00.

Just enough juice left for this photo.

Location:SE Croco Rd,Topeka,United States