Mama's House

"That was a good game. But not good enough. Not nearly good enough!" - Coach Taylor

That's how tonight's game was for me. Well we certainly lost by less than 16. It was all tied up after the first inning at one to one. Second inning we exploded for seven runs. We then limited them to two runs to make it eight to three in our favor after two full. Not bad for the last place team against the first place team.

Now my memory is a little fuzzy here. I'm not sure if it was in the third inning or in the fourth that we lost our lead but lost it we did. I think both teams scored a run in the third. We were then shutout in the top of the fourth and gave it six in the bottom half to make it 9-10 after four innings of play. We didn't put up any in the fifth inning as well. They scored a few more. Can't remember what we did in the top of the sixth if anything. And then the game was called with two outs in the bottom of the sixth after another run or two by The Red Hots due to time. Not sure what the final score was but we lost by less than ten I believe.

Anyway, the highlights:

• Homeruns by Mehran, Louis (grand slam), and Brian
• Everyone on the team got on base either due to a hit, walk, or error.
• EJ made a fantastic dig at first base to record an out.

Now for the lowlights:

• Too many walks.
• Too many ground balls in the outfield getting passed our outfielders.
• Outfielders not hitting the cutoff man all the time.
• Jason and Annie getting doubled up on separate occasions.
  

Really minor things that added up to a loss. But they can be fixed.

Best game of the season thus far for our team but a heartbreaking game nonetheless, considering the team we had a chance to beat.