Having arrived full of the joys of summer(despite being late) , our lofty hopes were soon dashed.
Baseball, Softball, and home buying are all about location, location, location and in our case we couldn't seem to throw a strike .
This meant that the first inning lasted for..EVER. and we had conceded 10 runs, of which they only actually managed to hit 2 balls.
Despite this humbling, we took to the batting really well.
Louisa Harker, lead off, and got on base with a good drive, this was followed by some more good hitting by Antonio..
Jenny stepped in to the batters box, and with some extremely dodgy umpiring was given out on strikes..
Matt H stepped in and on the 2nd pitch made a great contact , and drove in both Louisa and Antonio.
10 -2 we then had some more interesteing umping, but despite this we got another run.
Score
10-3
The second inning was carbon copy of the first , though we tried a pitcher change, despite some good play we conceded another 9 runs
19- 3 The game is pretty much over
BD stepped in and the troops under Caroline's captaincy , and with Rob S and Ravi shouting instructions , and occasionally making the umpires calls did magnificently and we scored another 2 runs all off the bat
19 - 5
Matt Horobin took over the pitching duties and started getting the zone, which improved our competitiveness
We eventually rounded out the game 30 - 6
Yes it was a defeat , but we had at least 2 moral victories
1. All our runs came from good batting, and good base-running
2. We got the drinks in first despite them getting to the bar first.. BD RULE
3. They had already played 1 extra game than us.. and it showed
Note: to team: let's pitch better
Play of the game: Matt Horobin brilliant line Drive in the bottom of the first to score BD 2 runs..
Player of the game: Caroline Page, for organising the whole shebang!!
Notes:
Must take throat lozenges if I am going to shout so much!
Must take beer to pacify the umpire...
The Team:
Louisa H
Antonio
Jenny L
Matt H
Caroline (captain)
Rob S (Hence forward to be known as Sellers)
Steph D
Ravi
Jackie
Simon
