The first game was close but they pulled out a V. The next game was close and we never could pull ahead. We tied it up in the 6th inning. That sent us to an extra inning. We held them and when we got up to bat we had a runner and 2 outs when my son got up to bat. He hadn't been batting great but I thought he might be able to keep us going.
The first pitch came and he crushed it deep into outfield. He got our runner home and made it to 3rd base. The game was over and we were moving on.
The next game started out looking bad. We were down 7-0 in the 3rd inning. Then we put together a 5 run inning. By the 6th inning we were able to tie the game sending us into a 7th inning. They scored 1, then we scored 1. In the 8th inning we held them to 0. We got 2 runners on base and my son was up again. I saw his stance at the plate and said, "We got this." He crushed one out to the fence and got an in park Home Run to win the game and send us to the next day.
I was pumped, as was everybody else in town.
The next day we came up against the team that beat us the first night. They were good and no matter where we hit the ball they were there and getting us out. Even if we crushed one into outfield they would catch it. Our baseball year is over.
My son, as well as the rest of the team, made huge improvements throughout the year. I'm excited about next year. Now it's on to Swim Team. They have their 1st swim meet this morning.
Sounds like a good series of games
ReplyDeleteIt was. The kids had fun, the parents had fun, the coaches had fun. All around it was a great series.
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