Torres had driven in Jesse Krebs with the Steelheads' first run, scored the second, and later homered for the fifth straight game. We're headed in the right direction. Solano bats heat up in wild chase for playoffs Score one for boredom. Bo Dodson doesn't want to be a party-pooper, but all the excitement was just getting to a be a little too much. It may even sound a little embarrassing, but there's something to be said for some leisurely sunflower-seed eating along the dugout railing during a meaningless top of the ninth.
Sunflower seeds taste better than fingernails, anyway.
Another Cheatle blast may have been a more dramatic way to end the first home regular-season in Vacaville professional baseball history. No offense, but Dodson would just as soon junk the first three if he can keep the fourth. A three-homer sixth inning lifted the Steelheads to a rare blowout. Now the Steelheads are just one win from their first playoff berth ever. And the Steelheads can finish in a tie with Feather River and still go to the postseason, since they won the season series against the Mudcats.