STALLARD FIELD MILESTONES

The UVa-Wise baseball team opened the gates to its newly-renovated ballpark, Stallard Field, on February 20, 2004 with a doubleheader against Bluefield College. Many milestones were recorded during the ballparks' historic first game, not the least was a grand slam by a UVa-Wise slugger. Find out below who hit that homer, what team won the first game and the answers to many other questions you may have about Stallard Field's inaugural game.

FIRST GAME
UVa-Wise vs. Bluefield College. UVa-Wise won 7-3.

FIRST PITCH
John Whitt (Bluefield College) to Steve Proctor (UVa-Wise). Result: Proctor fouled the pitch to the backstop.

FIRST STRIKEOUT
John Whitt (Bluefield College) struck out Steve Proctor (UVa-Wise), the lead-off hitter in game one.

FIRST HIT
Josh Duffy (UVa-Wise) recorded the first hit at Stallard Field with a a single in the bottom of the first inning. Duffy was the second batter in the inning.

FIRST STOLEN BASE
Josh Duffy (UVa-Wise) stole second base in the first inning with two outs on the Cavaliers.

FIRST WALK
Will Childress (UVa-Wise) was walked by John Whitt (Bluefield College) in the bottom of the first inning

FIRST CAVALIERS PITCH
Courtney Nowlin threw a called strike to Bluefield's Blake Williams.

FIRST CAVALIERS STRIKEOUT
Courtney Nowlin struck out Bluefield's Javier Rodreguez in the first inning.

FIRST RUN SCORED
Steve Proctor scored on a 1-out, RBI single to left field by Courtney Nowlin in the third inning.

FIRST HOME RUN (and GRAND SLAM)
Nathan Kiser (UVa-Wise) hit a grand slam in the third inning off of Bluefield's John Whitt in the third inning to give the Cavaliers a 5-0 lead.