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Spirit sweep:

Pretty much all you need to know about the offense in today's 3-0 North Shore win over Sussex is that there wasn't any. All three Spirit runs scored in bizzare ways as Joey Siak stymied the hapless Skyhawks in a 3-hit shutout on a gloriously beautiful afternoon at Fraser Field.

The Spirit put two on the board with hustle plays in the 3rd. With runners on 1st and 3rd, the catcher Jason Alcott made a wild throw trying to gun down a runner stealing 2nd, allowing a run to score and putting North Shore on top. Luis Sabino then scored on Vic Davilla's RBI groundout. Jeff Brooks had the hardest hit of the day in the 7th inning, scorching a double; he eventually scored on a wild pitch.

The story was Siak. He carried a no-hitter into the 5th - what's with Spirit lefties and Sunday afternoons? Siak's win makes him 5-6 on the season, but in reality he's been much better than that. Sussex's loser Mike Greenhouse had nothing to be ashamed of, pitching 6.1 strong innings of his own. It was simply Siak's day- he's the undisputed player of the game.

Offensive highlights were few and far between: The only real hard hit for the Spirit came off the bat of Jeff Brooks in the 7th. Rob Fischer also had a single. Jon de Vries worked two walks. On the down side, Alex Trezza went 0-4 with the Golden Sombrero- 4 Ks.

Still, it's hard to be negative about ANYTHING with the Spirit now 16-4 in their past 20 home games. Pissah!

BURNING QUESTIONS
1. WTF can be done about Trezza's strikeouts?
2. Do you think the offense is going to struggle like they did today without BJ Weed, or will everyone else be able to pick up the slack?
3. How bad do you think Sussex will do the rest of the season?
4. Any predictions for this big 6-game swing against the iron of the league?