21 Outs

After playing two one-sided games to start the season, the Logitech Lunatics pushed us the distance, we had to play all 7 innings to get the hard earned and much deserved 6-3 victory. We faced a few challenges with a very, very green umpire, but it was great to see everyone stay strong and play consistently the entire game.

One thing was very much the same last night, defense won the game. The Lunatics got off to a good start scoring 3 runs in the first couple of innings, but we held strong and kept them scoreless down the stretch highlighted by some amazing plays.

Top plays:

1. Ali - Double play! With runners on 1st and 2nd, Ali fielded a ground ball, made the force out at third and fired a strike across the diamond to Dan to complete the double play.
2. Kendra made some timely catches in left field late in the game on some really hard hit balls - I'd expect nothing less...but we don't take you for granted!
3. Almost double play, if the ump didn't have his head up his ass. Abbey to Scott to Dan. We got the force out at 2nd base and a close play at 1st base should have been called an out.

Abbey also made a great catch on a line drive earlier in the game. Great game Abbey!

Happy feet award: Dylan finally got caught in a pickle between 2nd and 3rd (he and I got pickled later that night to make up for it!). Honorable mention goes to Shawna who also showed some speed trying to steal an extra base while Dylan kept the defense occupied. Way to be aggressive! That is the Glove Way.

Player of the Game: Scott Binney. Scott scored twice, had 3 RBIs, and played some great defense. In a tight 4-3 game, Scott drove the ball deep into left center field and scored two important runs on an inside-the-park homerun in the 5th inning, which gave us a little breathing room and helped secure the victory. Not sure how Ali felt about it, though; she was the runner on base who had to motor all the way from 1st base to score. Nice wheels Ali!