It seems live forever since I had to recap a game. The rains came on Wednesday, but thankfully Nevins Field was up for the water. We actually got a game in under the time limit.
We played a team that was 1-11, but you wouldn’t know it. They are well-coached and made some great plays. It didn’t help that we were stale after an extended layoff. The big key was our fifth inning, where we batted around and scored seven runs, thanks in part to some great base-coaching by Coaches Schaefer and Witty. That inning put us up for good, and we added two more insurance runs in the sixth. In the end, we won, 12-8.
What I liked:
- Our pitching was solid. Each boy did a great job settling down and being accurate.
- We didn’t give up and pulled up by the bootstraps when we were down.
- The delayed steals in the top of the fifth
- Nathan being lights-out in the sixth
- The defensive plays by the Yellow Jackets. Of note was the line drive the pitcher caught just above the dirt.
What we could have done better:
- It took us a while to adjust to the delayed steals. As a result, we threw the ball around a lot.
- Not getting upset when we drill a ball to the outfield and it is caught
- Paying attention in general. I think the layoff hurt us there.
I could have done without the mosquitoes and having to peer through a chain-link fence to see anything.
