This was the first game of a 4 game series, of which I'm seeing the first two - hopefully. The weather forecast for tonight isn't great, but last night it was a fine night at 21C/70F throughout the game, with clear skies.
The crowd was quite small - 15,000. I don't think I've been in the club level here before, but it's very plush and quiet, although the latter is more down to the crowd size. There were only 9 people sitting in my section 348 (of around 100 seats) and we were all in the front row, and spaced apart. The seat angle is a little weird here, if you sit and look straight ahead, you're looking towards the right fielder (you're about 75% of the way down the 3rd base line), so you either have to try to sit slightly sideways, or get a crick in your neck.
This was a weird game as it tipped one way and then the other, but nobody really laying claim to the game. Sonny Gray was OK and went deep into the game, but the pen gave up his win when Tyler Flowers capped his night with game-tying home run in the bottom of the 9th (with 2 out, and on a 2-2 count) and then repeated the feat in the bottom of the 12th for the walk-off win. Earlier on he'd actually tripled as well, so a lot of total bases for the catcher.
I got a free Paul Konerko T-shirt. It was very handy to just wrap my arms in to keep warm in the latter stages of the game, as this stadium also gets a stiff breeze through it which makes it chilly on an otherwise warm night.
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