Nashua Silver Knights manager Kyle Jackson will be back running the team today after missing Thursday's game to attend a wedding. Jackson has had some strong views on the FCBL umpiring of late. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

NASHUA — It hasn’t been a good 10 days for the Nashua Silver Knights.

Since they rallied in the bottom of the 10th to beat Pittsfield, the Knights have suffered two results: rainouts and losses.

Nashua has endured five of each.

Friday night’s scheduled game against Worcester was postponed due to unplayable condions, thanks to the heavy rain dumped on the area by the remnants of Tropical Storm Elsa, and a makeup date had yet to be announced.

The Knights were trying to get the game in as the rain stopped and there was clearing after 4 p.m,, but there was just too much water at Holman Stadium for a game to be safely played.

Meanwhile, Nashua will try to snap a five-game losing streak today at Brockton at 5 p.m., and will return home for its final game before the upcoming All-Star Break on Sunday at 3 p.m. vs. Pittsfield.

UMPIRES

The beefs with umpires is continuing in the Futures League, and it’s not just Silver Knights manager Kyle Jackson, who is back after ,missing Thursday night’s 6-1 loss to Brockton to attend a wedding out of the region, that has a problem.

Brockton Rox skipper Mike Garza was tossed from Thursday’s game here after arguing a close fair/foul call on a shot ruled foul that went down the third base line. And Jackson, who had enough of a problem with umps Wednesday that he expressed them to the media post-game, said he’s not the only annoyed manager.

“Hey, are you getting aggravated just like me?,” Jackson said he asked Vermont manager Pete Wilk on Wednesday night. “And he said ‘Yup.'”

Jackson said he had a bad feeling Opening Night when the umpires ages were 18, 19, and 19. He said he was told by FCBL Commissioner Joe Paolucci that after his two ejections already this season, he’ll be fined for a third and beyond.

He’s spoken with team ownership about the problem, he said.

“I told the Creedons (John and John Jr.) that for this league to keep going, you will never have these umpires at the Cape, ” Jackson said. “Something needs to change.”

ALL-STARS

Jackson said he’s happy for his eight All-Stars, regardless of what some of the stats may say. They were nominated over a week ago, and some of the Silver Knights stats have worsened since, during the five-game losing streak.

“The guys that made it, their numbers don’t reflect how well they’ve pitched,” he said. “And for me, the hitters, I put the guys that should be there. Their numbers aren’t there, but I nominated them because they’re projected, and I want them in front of college scouts. If I was a college coach, I’d be upset if these guys aren’t there.”

Plus, Jackson said, he made it known during the process that he has players with fewer games played as the Knights had several with temp contracts to start the year while many projected starters were competing in conference and NCAA tourneys.

“I’ve had two different teams,” he said. “I don’t have the same at-bats as all these other guys. They have three weeks on half my team or more. I nominated guys and they got in, I’m very happy for the guys.”