Softball is a cruel game. As a softball player, you live for those moments. One run down, ninth inning, tying and lead run on. White had made a great comeback, eight runs in the eighth, five in already in the ninth. All we needed was one or two more hits (for the time being, we will ignore the fact that Vegas Gold still had their half of the ninth, and they had been hitting the ball all day).
All I wanted to do was not make the last out, and grind out a hit like Dave Rose did in front of me. So what did I do? I hit it too hard, a line drive one hopper to Greg Eby in center field and he threw out Rose at second to end the game. Clay Kallam, umping in the field, made a tough call against the good guys. Where was my blooper when I needed it?
So despite the grand comeback, we came up short 25-24 to the relentless Gold attack.
We had our moments: Neil Henry had an early home run. Rich Brown had a gapper triple in the fourth. The biggest hit of all was when Bruce Spencer came up in the eighth as our rally unfolded. We had been making some noise - Helen Kostoff had started it off with a shift defying single and a few walks and hits later it was 20-15. Everyone knew that the at bat by Bruce was going to let us know if we could climb back in the game. So what does he do? He parks it between the speedy left side Gold outfielders for a bases clearing triple. When he scored, we trailed by just a single run.
Give the Gold credit - every time we threatened, they answered, especially in the eighth to get five and enter the ninth with a six run cushion that we ultimately coudn't overcome.
We had two tremendous defensive gems. Tom Meyer, playing left field, made a running stumbling catch for one out. Kallam, playing SS in the eighth, leapt high to nab a line drive ticketed for left center field. David Partridge in right center made a fine running catch to end the third. Mike Saindon grabbed a shot back-handed in the 5-6 hole to get a force at second in the first inning. And David Siegel snared a hot line drive at the mound in the sixth.
Rose led the team with four hits, and Spencer with four RBIs. All but one of us had at least one RBI and all but one scored a run, so the hitting was balanced throughout the lineup. Kallam and Saindon had the other extra base hits.
WHITE HEREBY DECLARES THAT OUR GAMES WILL START IN THE SIXTH INNING from now on, because we don't actually hit until then.
All I wanted to do was not make the last out, and grind out a hit like Dave Rose did in front of me. So what did I do? I hit it too hard, a line drive one hopper to Greg Eby in center field and he threw out Rose at second to end the game. Clay Kallam, umping in the field, made a tough call against the good guys. Where was my blooper when I needed it?
So despite the grand comeback, we came up short 25-24 to the relentless Gold attack.
We had our moments: Neil Henry had an early home run. Rich Brown had a gapper triple in the fourth. The biggest hit of all was when Bruce Spencer came up in the eighth as our rally unfolded. We had been making some noise - Helen Kostoff had started it off with a shift defying single and a few walks and hits later it was 20-15. Everyone knew that the at bat by Bruce was going to let us know if we could climb back in the game. So what does he do? He parks it between the speedy left side Gold outfielders for a bases clearing triple. When he scored, we trailed by just a single run.
Give the Gold credit - every time we threatened, they answered, especially in the eighth to get five and enter the ninth with a six run cushion that we ultimately coudn't overcome.
We had two tremendous defensive gems. Tom Meyer, playing left field, made a running stumbling catch for one out. Kallam, playing SS in the eighth, leapt high to nab a line drive ticketed for left center field. David Partridge in right center made a fine running catch to end the third. Mike Saindon grabbed a shot back-handed in the 5-6 hole to get a force at second in the first inning. And David Siegel snared a hot line drive at the mound in the sixth.
Rose led the team with four hits, and Spencer with four RBIs. All but one of us had at least one RBI and all but one scored a run, so the hitting was balanced throughout the lineup. Kallam and Saindon had the other extra base hits.
WHITE HEREBY DECLARES THAT OUR GAMES WILL START IN THE SIXTH INNING from now on, because we don't actually hit until then.
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