Wednesday's game could be looked at in about as many ways as there were at bats in the game.
On the one hand, we had so many chances to take over the momentum, and could have pulled off the upset. On the other hand so did the Hornets, and yet they never got that killer rally to put us away. They thought they did with a five run eighth for a 10-6 lead, but we roared back with four in the ninth and held them scoreless in the bottom half to preserve the 10-10 tie.
It's a testament to Billy's pitching and especially the defense up the middle - we turned numerous double plays either started by Doug at SS or Les at Rover. The Hornets are the powerhouse no matter how many times Leo's wins the league, and we kept them from winning in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game. We gifted them a lead off error base runner, and Doug promptly wiped him out with a double play. That's a win.
It also shows our new character - we weren't hitting a lick, and still managed to come away with the tie, and I didn't have to kiss Mike Rittenhouse, because lucky for me he is not my sister.
The sun was tough and Lee, and Paul and David all made nice catches staring up into it.
There were lots of o-fers and one-fers throughout the lineup but Doug also had a nice day at the plate. He hit a gap triple in the first (even though we stranded him). But the clutch hit was a thing of beauty in the ninth - a line drive into right center that plated our first run in the game tying rally in the open inning.
The others with three hits were Chris and Heffe. Paul had two and a walk, and David had an important two run single in the second to get our scoring started. Every run counted in this game. Billy had an RBI monster shot to right center, but he was hobbling, so he stopped at second.
A win next week against Vintage would mean a 3-1-1 start the first time around the league. That would be the best start by far for this team. Let's do it!
On the one hand, we had so many chances to take over the momentum, and could have pulled off the upset. On the other hand so did the Hornets, and yet they never got that killer rally to put us away. They thought they did with a five run eighth for a 10-6 lead, but we roared back with four in the ninth and held them scoreless in the bottom half to preserve the 10-10 tie.
It's a testament to Billy's pitching and especially the defense up the middle - we turned numerous double plays either started by Doug at SS or Les at Rover. The Hornets are the powerhouse no matter how many times Leo's wins the league, and we kept them from winning in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game. We gifted them a lead off error base runner, and Doug promptly wiped him out with a double play. That's a win.
It also shows our new character - we weren't hitting a lick, and still managed to come away with the tie, and I didn't have to kiss Mike Rittenhouse, because lucky for me he is not my sister.
The sun was tough and Lee, and Paul and David all made nice catches staring up into it.
There were lots of o-fers and one-fers throughout the lineup but Doug also had a nice day at the plate. He hit a gap triple in the first (even though we stranded him). But the clutch hit was a thing of beauty in the ninth - a line drive into right center that plated our first run in the game tying rally in the open inning.
The others with three hits were Chris and Heffe. Paul had two and a walk, and David had an important two run single in the second to get our scoring started. Every run counted in this game. Billy had an RBI monster shot to right center, but he was hobbling, so he stopped at second.
A win next week against Vintage would mean a 3-1-1 start the first time around the league. That would be the best start by far for this team. Let's do it!
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