Lee Pfund Stadium, Carol Stream, IL, Wheaton College

Another weekend, another ball game. Isn't life grand. Well today was the first time that I went to the Wheaton College Thunder's home field. It isn't on campus but only about 5 or 6 miles west of it. The stadium is behind the American Legion Post on Gary Ave in Carol Stream. Pretty nice complex with a soccer field behind the stadium.

The stadium was really just renovated this winter/spring, This was only their fourth home game of the season due to the renovations. They put in an artifical turf, that looks ok, but i'm still not a big fan of the stuff. They put in lights and new dugouts. Wheaton College is working on getting together the fund to put in stands, a pressbox, and a concession stand. They had three bleachers there now, which were packed. The field itself is pretty nice, the fences have no padding and are just metal fences in the outfield with a green covering. There is brick behind the backstop and the netting is pretty new.

The game was good as Wheaton College won it 2-0 over Millikin University. The Millikin pitcher Taylor Howe went the distance, but most impressivley got out of a bases loaded nobody out situation in the middle innings. He got two put ups in the infield and a fly out deep.

                                           A look down the third base line towards home plate.

                       There scoreboard is just a basic generic scoreboard out in right center field