September 28, 2044
by Banjo Jackson
Nashville, TN
With two games remaining in the regular season, the Nashville Bluebirds are on the outside looking in. While an impressive 4-0 win in their first game versus Omaha kept their season alive, the final two games will essentially be must-win situations. As expected, Nashville sees themselves outside the bubble because the lack of an available LHP against Louisville and Alvin Chartrand was unable to hold off the Sluggers in the 4-2 loss. That left veteran southpaws Chin Kim and Hao Kun to face the right handed heavy lineup of Twin Cities River Monsters. The lefties allowed a combined 11 ER in the two losses, but Nashville rebounded for a win in the final game of the series.
“We ran into a bit of bad luck with he way the schedule lined up. We didn’t have the rotation setup for optimization and it showed. We like to play matchups and it just didn’t work in our favor this time,” said GM Chad Nason. “We will put all our focus in our remaining games in Omaha and control our own destiny.”
The blowout losses hamstring the creativeness further this week by not allowing a rested bullpen. It appears Chartrand and Kim will get the remaining two starts and Nashville players and fans are praying that their experience will help them win these important games.
“These are obviously must-win games and we have all the confidence in our staff to get the job done,” said catcher Alberto Rodríguez. “Our offense just needs to hit well and we will be playing ball next month.”
