Just got back from Rotary Park in Biddeford where we had a doubleheader against Champions and Weave's team, Doc's Tavern. Lost both the games. I had a feeling we'd lose to Champions - we always do- but Weave's team looked very beatable. Corey and Heath, perhaps our two best hitters, were both absent. We never had the breakout innings we usually have at some point in the game. Usually said innings revolve around a big hit by either Heath or Corey, and our lineup was abnormally short today which resulted in more at bats for some of our weaker hitters.
I had an OK game, both at the plate and in the field. I made a lot of putouts in left but I also missed two balls I should have caught. I probably had 10 putouts combined in the two games. One ball I missed wasn't my fault. It was a hanging line drive that was knuckling like crazy. I ran in on it and tried to make a stabbing catch but it glanced off my glove. Not only did I not catch the ball but I sprained my finger on the play. I still can't bend the pinky finger of my right hand. The other missed play I had was on a pop near center. I sprinted, sort of in front of Megan in CF, but overran it and ended up having to lunge back to try and catch it. I still could have gotten a glove on it but I just flat out missed it. All in all I did make several good catches, one that I dove in on, so it wasn't too bad of a day in the field.
I was 4-5 at the plate with one FC. I thought Joe was going to beat the play to second because the SS had to dive to make the play on the hit but the throw beat the runner. I had one lucky hit in the second game when the ranging left fielder dropped a pop but my other hits were nice clean ones. I really like the blue Cyclone bat.
Breanne should probably get MVP for both games because she got up out of bed, after working back-to-back nights and being on the schedule for 4 or 5 hours tonight, and played both games of the doubleheader so we wouldn't be a player short. We would have had to take an automatic out for playing with three girls and been a player short in the OF. She also did pretty well at the plate. She struck out once on a high pitch, but had two hard ground outs to the right side, a BB, and a infield single. Most of her outs were in the 2nd game when it was clearly evident that she was running on fumes.
So now I'm hitting .750, which is surprising, but I can't bend my pinky finger. Hopefully it's just a sprain and I didn't break anything. It's as fat as a sausage but I don't care as long as it's healed in time for the Olympics.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
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