3rd Game

(updating complete)
Good morning all!
Well, we were glad to have a win last night. The boys were definitely "on."
PRE-GAME: As you know, our game was scheduled to begin at 8:00 PM. The game before us (Blanco vs. North Shores) went extremely long. While we waited, we finally took the team pictures we've been wanting to take (minus Asst. Coach Amy, who was out of town). Here's a few of those (and more).
We began our game at 9:08 PM. Everyone was a little worried, because Little League rules state that:

1. No inning can begin after 11 PM.


2. If 11 PM is after the 4th inning, then that is ball-game. Whatever the score is...is.


3. If 11 PM is before the 4th inning, the game is suspended.

None of us wanted to have to suspend this game that we'd already waited so long for. The teams took the field in record time; there was no line-up, only a hurried Little League Pledge. Then the game began.

1st Inning: We were home, so Mas opened up pitching (3 batters/11 pitches/1 strike-out). His second batter hit a pop fly, which was subsequently thrown to 1st base for a double play. Mas struck the next batter out, and no run for Comfort. Offensively, P and Mat walked; J got to second; S and Dr struck out; Da walked; Samuel got to first (He had a great hit on the first pitch; unfortunately, the camera wasn't ready so we have no video.); and Mas hit a pop fly. P, Mat, and J crossed home plate. SCORE: 3-0.

2nd Inning: Mas pitched to 5 batters (16 pitches/1 strike-out). He caught a pop fly, as did Mat (shortstop). The last batter struck out. We took the field again. Co hit a pop fly, P, walked, Mat struck out, J got to first, and G (in for S) got to first. P got out running to third, and still the SCORE was 3-0.

3rd Inning: Mas pitched to 4 batters (14 pitches/2 strike-outs). One bunted and got out at first, and two were struck-out. Ch (in for Dr) led off for us and hit a pop fly. Da got to first, where they subbed in S for him (S eventually crossed home plate). Samuel got to first and Co struck out. During P's batting, Samuel got out while attempting to steal home. SCORE: 4-0.

4th Inning: Mas pitched to 3 batters (6 pitches/0 strike-outs). The first hit it to Mat (shortstop), who threw it to first and got him out. The second hit it to first and got out. The third hit to P (2nd), who threw it to first and got him out. On offense, P and Mat got to first. J struck out. S got to second. Dr struck out, and Da got out at first. P, Mat, and S crossed home plate. SCORE: 7-0.

5th Inning: Mas pitched to 3 batters again (12 pitches/1 strike-out). The first was a strike-out. The second was a pop fly to Mat (shortstop), and the third was a pop fly to the catcher (Co). Samuel led off the batting with a walk. Mas got to first, Co struck out, P walked, and Mat struck out. (Mas and P crossed home plate.) SCORE: 9-0.

6th Inning: Mas pitched to 3 batters again (8 pitches/0 strike-outs). The first batter got to first base. The second batter hit to P (2nd), who scooped it up and tagged the runner going to 2nd. He then had the presence of mind to throw it to first, where the batter got out. Double play! FINAL SCORE: 9-0.

Although we heard that a few families were going to Sonic, we opted to go home. Even without a post-game celebration, I still tumbled into bed at 12:45 AM.

Bracket is updated!

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