tri-city valleycats

The regular-season home slate ended on a bittersweet note for the Tri-City ValleyCats on Monday night. The short-season Class A affiliate of the Houston Astros lost a pair of one-run games to the Lowell Spinners, 5-4 in ten innings and 3-2 in seven, but the ValleyCats set a new franchise attendance record for the eighth consecutive season.

The Tri-City ValleyCats scheduled game on Sunday against the Lowell Spinners has been postponed due to Hurricane Irene.  It will now be played on Monday afternoon.

Siena graduate John Lannan just can't seem to beat Philadelphia.  The Washington Nationals starting pitcher is 1-12 against the Phillies as Wilson Valdez and Jimmy Rollins each drove in two runs and Hunter Pence homered to lead Philadelphia to a 5-0 victory over Washington on Saturday night.

The Tri-City ValleyCats might be struggling in the standings but they will be well represented in the 2011 New York-Penn League All-Star Game. Third baseman Matt Duffy, center fielder Justin Gominsky and pitcher Kyle Hallock will represent the team in the NYPL All-Star Game - which takes place on August 16th at LeLacheur Park in Lowell.

Stubby Clapp put on quite a show yesterday during the ValleyCats 13-6 loss to the Auburn Doubledays at Joe Bruno Stadium. Clapp didn't like a call the umpire made and then he totally lost it!

It's no secret that the Tri-City ValleyCats are a popular summer attraction in the Capital Region. And the proof is in the numbers.

Former Tri-City ValleyCat Hunter Pence went from the worst team in Major League Baseball to a team that's in 1st place in the NL East. On Friday night, the Houston Astros traded Pence to the Philadelphia Phillies for a package of highly rated prospects.

Tonight, the Tri-City ValleyCats will play host to the Staten Island Yankees in a New York/Penn League game.  It's also Hunter Pence bobblehead night as the first 1,000 fans get a bobblehead of the Houston Astros All-Star. But this game has even more meaning to me.  I'm throwing out the first pitch.

If you're a bobblehead collector, you need to get to Joe Bruno Stadium on Monday night. The ValleyCats will give away bobblehead dolls of All-Star outfielder and former Tri-City star Hunter Pence before Monday evening’s game against the Staten Island Yankees.

There is no better feeling than taking your son to a baseball game.  I got that experience on Sunday night as the ValleyCats played host to the Aberdeen IronBirds at Joe Bruno Stadium. It was my 3-year old son Zachary's first-ever professional baseball game.  And it was a moment neither of us will ever forget.

The Tri-City Valleycats have announced that they will hold a "Baseball 101" clinic next Sunday at Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy.

Former Tri-City ValleyCat Hunter Pence was selected as a reserve for the National League All-Star team on Sunday.  He'll be the lone representative for the Houston Astros. This is the second All-Star Game selection for Pence since breaking into the big leagues in 2007.