Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game Nov 5th

You might say that the best part of this game is that we got in for free! A couple from New York that we were chatting with in the parking lot gave us their spare pair of tickets. We sat right behind the East Rising Stars' dugout and the autographs were easy to obtain. There were nearly 3,200 people in attendance. Sadly, the game was lopsided from the start--Danny Hultzen struck out the side in the top of the first, and then the West hit two home runs and scored five times in the bottom of the inning. Four more runs in the third added insult to injury, and in the end, the East was beaten by the West 11-2.

Several of our friends in the Bay Area spotted us on TV at the bottom of the sixth inning looking glum! At least a Giants player got to play in the later innings. Joe Panik got a couple of at bats but didn't get on base.