Late again, maybe someday they will stop closing the freeway after the Bay Bridge, but it was not this day. Parking was relatively easy at least, and I got there in the middle of hte first inning, so not too bad.
We had 16 players, which some have said is the perfect amount. Except for those that keep being the third out in the inning, and have to play defense. Hopefully that provides incentive to make that at bat count.
The teams looked a little lopsided from the start, and proved to be so, though it stayed close for the first part of the game. Mitch, once again taking the bump, was dealing well. He had my number for the first two at bats to the tune of an ugly strikeout and a inning ending double play. Nowhere to go but up, I guess.
HR started for the visiting team, and threw well, racking up one walk in two innings. WE were stacked with capable pitchers so we threw together a medley of arms for the game. In succession it was HR, Greg, Dave, Gabe, and Satch. Mitch stayed in for 8 innings of the game, and then handed the ball off to Nico to mop up.
The game was tight in the early innings, thanks to the pitching and defense, and the homers took the lead early with 2 runs in the first inning. However, we came back with our own, and never looked back. There was one inning in particular was pretty gruesome, and it became a bit of a laugher. The score was set at 11-2, though it may have been higher.
Facing Gabe is never a treat, especailly as he develops more pitches, so the homers were pretty demoralized by the latter part of the game. I came in and managed to give up a few big hits to get the team spirit back up. Mitch and Patty both had big hits and scored runs. But not enough.
Final Score, 13-5 Visitors.
Highlights
* Thanks to everyone who came out on a beautiful day
* Great pitching by everyone
* Left fielders got a work out for both teams, making outs
* At least 3 double plays
* Chris Powell had a beauty of a play at SS
* Adam was digging like a maniac at first, though I threw one off his shoe at one point
* Greg caught a pop foul behind the dish!!!!!
* Lynch was robbed of two opposite field line drives
* The bloop hit was very popular.
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