My Boys looked good over the weekend; winning 13-4 in 95 degree heat on Sunday. With the exception of one inning where they looked like the Keystone Cops (and gave up 2 runs), it was a solid outing. They quickly went up 2-0, but the other team battled back to go up 3-2 after 2 innings. My son pitched the 2 middle innings and gave up a run in each with 2 Ks, generally an excellent outing against another All-star team. Of course, he also notched the W. (He was also 1 for one, with a stolen base, 2 Ws and three runs scored. Papa was proud.) We scored 5 runs the next inning, 1 in the fourth and 5 in the fifth. As the home team, we did not need a sixth inning.
Our closer was money. This young man has got a great arm: he faced their 1 - 6 batters and K'd them all. Our defense record 3 DPs (doubling up runners on line drives) and the kids generally adapted to the new rules pretty well. We were shaky at points, but out of their 6 innings at the plate, we shut them out 3 times due to good pitching and heads-up fielding.
One cute story is that one of our lead-off batters walked and was given the steal sign. He broke down the base path and...nothing happened. Their 2nd baseman and shortstop did not move; their catcher did not hurry to throw and, more disconcerting to our runner, the was no shouting. (Normally on a play like that, everyone, coaches, players, fans, is shouting directions at the same time.) Assuming the play is dead, our runner stops. Finally, I yell to keep going and he gets to second base. He was just totally taken aback by the silence.
All-in-all, no complaints.
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