Librarians 8 - Daddy O's 4
Today's game was against the Daddy O's which were the runner up last year. They are a good team. Their girls can hit the shit out of the ball and can all play.
I got bumped from third base again. This girl who can only play third showed up. so I had the choice of playing second or right field. I chose right field because second base gets no action.
We jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead after the top of the first. The bottom of the first was horrendous. A few misplays and a few clutch hits and we were down 3-1 with 2 runners on and 2 outs. The next batter was this girl who I swear was a guy. Anyways, as with most girls, I play a little shallow and towards center. The rules of the league say the pitcher has to groove the pitch so there's no deception. Basically, every girl pulls the ball. Murphy made an appearance and she shot one towards the right field line. I ran back and towards the line and stretched my 5' 11 3/4 frame and was able to snag the ball saving at least 2 runs.
I honestly think that was the turning point. We were clearly a deflated team and it took us 2 innings to even score another run. We eventually tied it and soon after, the Daddy O's scored another run to go up 4-3.
The 6th inning starts with a walk and the batter in front of me triples in the tying run. My first two at-bats were two ground balls to third base. I know that I need to get the ball into the outfield to score the go-ahead run. The first pitch was a ball. The second pitch was a strike that I couldn't do anything with. The third pitch was outside and I drove it to rightfield that was caught but the runner on third tagged up and put us up 5-4.
We got a 3-run homer in the 7th inning (the last inning) and we won 8-4. I drove in the winning run and ended up catching what might have been a back breaker for us. After the game, we celebrated with margaritas.
I got bumped from third base again. This girl who can only play third showed up. so I had the choice of playing second or right field. I chose right field because second base gets no action.
We jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead after the top of the first. The bottom of the first was horrendous. A few misplays and a few clutch hits and we were down 3-1 with 2 runners on and 2 outs. The next batter was this girl who I swear was a guy. Anyways, as with most girls, I play a little shallow and towards center. The rules of the league say the pitcher has to groove the pitch so there's no deception. Basically, every girl pulls the ball. Murphy made an appearance and she shot one towards the right field line. I ran back and towards the line and stretched my 5' 11 3/4 frame and was able to snag the ball saving at least 2 runs.
I honestly think that was the turning point. We were clearly a deflated team and it took us 2 innings to even score another run. We eventually tied it and soon after, the Daddy O's scored another run to go up 4-3.
The 6th inning starts with a walk and the batter in front of me triples in the tying run. My first two at-bats were two ground balls to third base. I know that I need to get the ball into the outfield to score the go-ahead run. The first pitch was a ball. The second pitch was a strike that I couldn't do anything with. The third pitch was outside and I drove it to rightfield that was caught but the runner on third tagged up and put us up 5-4.
We got a 3-run homer in the 7th inning (the last inning) and we won 8-4. I drove in the winning run and ended up catching what might have been a back breaker for us. After the game, we celebrated with margaritas.