There is a first for everything...Last night was the first time that the Beach Bums were rained out at Wuerfel Park...The team had played 154 home games consecutively over the first three plus seasons...
The first ever doubleheader at Wuerfel Park will be today at 6pm...RHP Davidwill start the opener against 2008 Frontier League Pitcher of the Year Ryan Bird for SOuthern Illinois...The second contest will pit RHP Brett Bostelman against LHP Tim Dennehy, who makes his first start of the season for Southern Illinois...Nathanson The Beach Bums however were not the only team to be rained out...The Frontier League schedule today instead of the usual six games has nine contests...Washington and Gateway will play a doubleheader in suburban St. Louis tonight and Rockford will host the Midwest Sliders of Ypsilanti in a twin bill as well...Rockford and Midwest were rained out on Tuesday but opted to play a doubleheader tonight...
Rain has also cause a game over each of the past two evenings to be called after seven innings...Tuesday night it was Kalamazoo and Evansville and last night River City and Florence were shortened...
Record-Eagle Rainout Coverage
Southern Illinois Rainout Story from the Marion Daily Republican
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