When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Everett Memorial Stadium, Everett.
Radio: KUTI (1460).
Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Houston Summers (2-0, 1.83) vs. TBA.
Notes
THE DAY AFTER: Numbers, as they say, don't come much more crooked than an 8, which was the primary reason the Bears lost their third straight game Tuesday night, 9-7 to Spokane.
An eight-run second inning, which included 12 batters, six hits, two errors and one hit batsman, sealed Yakima's fate. It was still on manager Bob Didier's mind almost 24 hours later.
"It's like when you're in the second or third inning and the other team gets a runner to third with one or no outs," Didier said. "A lot of time the pitcher will concentrate so hard on trying to strike the next guy out that he gets himself in more trouble. Look, you can give up a run in the second or third inning and still be alright. But a five-spot, or six or seven or eight ... that makes it rough."
And once the inning and/or game ends, Didier said, the most important thing is to move on.
"The greatest players I've ever been around," he said, "had bad memories. When it's over, it's over, and you go out the next day and play and the score's 0-0."
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS HAVE NOT BEEN KIND: While not a problem in their first two meetings with the impressive Indians, one-run games have not yet been kind to the Bears.
Sunday night's 5-4 loss at Boise, a game in which Yakima had taken a 4-3 lead into the ninth inning, dropped the Bears' record in one-run games to 2-6.
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: Bob Richmond, in his 26th year as Northwest League president, visited Yakima County Stadium on Wednesday night.
Richmond was the NWL's chief executive from 1974-81, then resumed those duties in 1991.
He threw out the first pitch, then autographed the ball for the Bear who caught it, Collin Cowgill -- or so it seemed.
"Why would he want my autograph?" Richmond later joked. "He signed the ball and gave it to me."
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