He's money to the Wild Things

Clicked on the Frontier League website today and noticed a link to a story from today's edition of the Evansville newspaper with the headline "He's money in the bank." Thought it was probably about Monday's Wild Things-Otters game and Aaron Ledbetter. It was, however, about Evansville infielder Matt Edwards.

Ledbetter's 2-hit shutout of Evansville couldn't have come at a better time for the Wild Things. With the bullpen overused, the result of too many poor outings by the starters recently, the Wild Things needed a strong seven innings from Ledbetter. The right-hander gave them nine innings, a two-hitter, a shutout and a win that prevented a low point in Wild Things history.

Ledbetter proved why he's the all-time winningest pitcher in the FL. He's a guy you can count to produce when needed.

As for that low point, I did some checking and found that of all the 6-game road trips the Wild Things have taken in their 6-year history, they've never failed to win at least two games on a trip. A loss Monday woudl have given Washington it's first 1-5 road trip.