Twenty plus years of Transdyn-Kapsch softball, and one tie. Then two this year. Sometimes they feel like a loss, a missed opportunity, but this one felt like a win.
Because, we were down 8-3 after the first inning, and 10-3 after two. We chipped away on a solo by Bert, before bursting out with five in the six to come within one, and tying it in the seventh. The salient point though is that we held Pleasanton Auto to zero, that is none, nada, zilch, runs after the second inning. Five straight zeroes on the scoreboard, including saving the tie in the bottom of the seventh.
This is a testament to Tom's pitching and our defense which woke up after some trouble in the first. JT had himself a game in right center; a fine running catch on a twisting fly over his head in the first to even keep PA from scoring more, and then the play of the game in the fifth. With one out and runners on first and second, he came in on a sinking line drive and dove and caught it. The runner on second had hesitated at first, then decided no way and was almost to third when JT nailed it. JT had the presence of mind to come up throwing, and the runner tripped over his feet turning to go back to second, and he was toast. End of inning.
Pauly had a great game over at the hot corner, making great plays in the third and the sixth to turn back rallies. And I think we had one or two other double plays, one going B to Hama to me at first. No one gets the ball out of their glove faster than Brian.
If you look at the box score, it looks like yet another game Bert carried us on offense. Two doubles and a home run, three RBIs. But everyone contributed. Hama and Bo also had three hits, and the team worked six walks, some of which were critical to rallies. For instance Tom took four balls with the bases loaded in the first notching an RBI. Pauly loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth that kicked off our five run inning. I have a teammate elsewhere whose mantra is "A walk's a hit". Everyone wants to get that great hit, but a true team player will take four bad ones instead of swinging at a bad pitch, and turn it over to the next guy.
The tie ruins our hopes of going 10-0, but keeps us undefeated. Magic number is two to clinch the division with four games left.
Milestones:
Bert 200 rbi (#12)
Tom 100 rbi (#21)
and Bert passing Cage for #1 in HR with 39
He passed the Load earlier this year to move into second.
Because, we were down 8-3 after the first inning, and 10-3 after two. We chipped away on a solo by Bert, before bursting out with five in the six to come within one, and tying it in the seventh. The salient point though is that we held Pleasanton Auto to zero, that is none, nada, zilch, runs after the second inning. Five straight zeroes on the scoreboard, including saving the tie in the bottom of the seventh.
This is a testament to Tom's pitching and our defense which woke up after some trouble in the first. JT had himself a game in right center; a fine running catch on a twisting fly over his head in the first to even keep PA from scoring more, and then the play of the game in the fifth. With one out and runners on first and second, he came in on a sinking line drive and dove and caught it. The runner on second had hesitated at first, then decided no way and was almost to third when JT nailed it. JT had the presence of mind to come up throwing, and the runner tripped over his feet turning to go back to second, and he was toast. End of inning.
Pauly had a great game over at the hot corner, making great plays in the third and the sixth to turn back rallies. And I think we had one or two other double plays, one going B to Hama to me at first. No one gets the ball out of their glove faster than Brian.
If you look at the box score, it looks like yet another game Bert carried us on offense. Two doubles and a home run, three RBIs. But everyone contributed. Hama and Bo also had three hits, and the team worked six walks, some of which were critical to rallies. For instance Tom took four balls with the bases loaded in the first notching an RBI. Pauly loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth that kicked off our five run inning. I have a teammate elsewhere whose mantra is "A walk's a hit". Everyone wants to get that great hit, but a true team player will take four bad ones instead of swinging at a bad pitch, and turn it over to the next guy.
The tie ruins our hopes of going 10-0, but keeps us undefeated. Magic number is two to clinch the division with four games left.
Milestones:
Bert 200 rbi (#12)
Tom 100 rbi (#21)
and Bert passing Cage for #1 in HR with 39
He passed the Load earlier this year to move into second.
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