Won, if by day

One of the things that makes baseball different than any other sport is statistics. In baseball, there is a statistic for everything, and if you try hard enough you can find something unique or interesting about a player or team by looking at the numbers.

For example, take Wild Things pitcher Alan Stidfole. By throwing two-hit ball for 7 2/3 innings Sunday afternoon at Gateway, Stidfole continued to be a dominating pitcher in day games. In three day starts, Stidfole is 2-1 with an 0.78 ERA. In the one loss, Stidfole gave up only one run in seven innings at Windy City. But in night games, Stidfole is 2-2 with a 7.28 ERA.

I don't know if those numbers mean anything, but they're interesting.

Stidfole, by the way, became the first Wild Things starting pitcher other than Aaron Ledbetter or Tom Cochran to pitch into the eighth inning since Matt Squires threw 7 1/3 innings in Game 3 of the playoffs last year at Chillicothe.