The 2012 Ironbirds are lead by veteran manager Chris Allen. He is supported by assistant coaches Robert Ortega and Larry Stone.
The Ironbirds (4-2-1) currently lead the 'National League' by percentage points over the Thunder. Close behind are tonights opponents, the Mudcats.
Like many teams this season, the Ironbirds have had moments of brillance and others where humility is quickly reinstilled.
The starting pitcher for the Ironbirds tonight will be #6 Matt Flores who has been a reliable arm all season and leads the team in innings pitched. After Matt, several players including Ben Ortega and Yoseph Tadesse will handle mid-relief and left Joel Barragan will serve as the closer.
The Ironbirds bring a lot of speed to ther offense attack and some thump to back that up. Dominick Babich and Joel Barragan are always threats to steal a bag once on and Matt Flores, Yoseph Tadesse, Bobby Koehn and Ben Ortega have been reliable RBI men. In the most recent come from behind victory over the Galt Rockies, the bottom of the order including Victor Ventura, Matt Moberly, and Maurice Brewster helped fuel an 8 run rally which sealed the 12 - 8 win.
The Mudcats are formidable opponent and this looks like a 7 inning battle ahead.
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