Close (Sort of) But No Cigar For Sean’s Team
April 14, 2009
Monday meant another baseball game for Sean’s team. They had started the season with two consecutive losses and were hoping to stop that bad streak in this game. Unfortunately, it was not to be as they went down to defeat once again by a score of 19 – 4.
Actually, the game was a whole lot closer than the score indicates. They went into the sixth inning trailing only by a score of 5 – 4. However, their pitcher had reached his pitch limit and they had to put another kid on the mound. While the kid did throw strikes, the baseball looked more like a beachball and the other team had some batting practice as they batted around the order and scored 14 runs in the inning. It was rather painful to watch as the kids pretty much couldn’t do anything on defense. One kid even hit a grand slam home run over the fence.
Sean was back behind the plate and caught a pretty good game. He didn’t fare as well at the plate though as he struck out once and hit two hard one hop grounders that unfortunately were right at the infielders and made for an easy out.
The first three games of the season have been on the road. This Wednesday night we get to have our first home game which means about 30 minutes less driving and an opportunity to get home before 10:00. Hopefully, they can put the home field advantage to use as they play the same team as Monday night.
Sean’s Team Loses Again
April 10, 2009
Game #2 of Sean’s baseball season is in the books. Like the first game, this one was another defeat. This time, the boys lost by a score of 10 – 3. It was a rather odd game to have to sit through and watch.
If I remember correctly, the pitchers on Sean’s team limited the opposition to 1 hit. Yes, 1 hit – okay, maybe I missed one and it was two. You know what that means – lots and lots of walks and stolen bases and keystone cops type playing. It was extremely painful to watch. In addition, Sean’s team scored all 3 of their runs in the last inning.
For some odd reason, Sean was tagged to play first base this game. Some other kid begged the coach to let him catch and he relented (and he actually didn’t do bad). Sean got real nervous because he has played first base exactly zero times in his life. I gave him about 2 minutes of instruction before he took the field. Luckily, perhaps, there wasn’t a single play at first the whole game except for the two grounders to him that he flawlessly fielded and made the outs.
At bat, Sean went 2 for 2 with two solid singles to the outfield. He was stranded on base both times.
Watching four pitchers on the mound for Sean’s team throw wild pitch after wild pitch made for a very long game. Perhaps it was best Sean didn’t catch this game because the catcher got the workout of the century.
Two more games on tap for next week. Oh, have the first place team from last year back – maybe we should have done the traveling team this year, but Sean didn’t want to.
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