Sometimes there are games that are just hard to watch. Tonight
was one of those games. The opposition was just clearly better than us - in
batting, in fielding (they actually stood up when they fielded the ball), in
just about everything. Even when we did make a positive play, it just went bad
right after - for example, fielding a ground ball and attempting to throw the
runner out, but nobody bothering to cover the base... Playing like this resulted
in another loss, this time a 17-11 score that actually seemed like it should
have been much worse.
On a personal note, Samantha had a pretty decent night.
She struck out in her first at-bat, but had two solid hits in her next attempts.
She struck out once more in her last at-bat, but I cannot totally fault her for
that. At this level the kids either get a hit or if after 7 pitches without a
hit they are out. Sam fouled off a couple of pitches and watched a couple go by,
so she had to swing at pitch #7. Unfortunately for her it was high and she
missed. She also made a couple of nice plays in the field, but as previously
mentioned there was either nobody to throw the ball to or she was just a tad
late with her throw.
Game 12 vs. Delta Staffing
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Samantha started out the game playing third base.
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She stopped this ball but had a little difficulty getting it
picked up in time to make the throw to first base.
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Sam played in the "outfield" for a short while. Most of the time
the outfielders play just off the infield dirt.
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Sam standing on first base after her first hit of the game.
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Sam running to second base when a teammate hit the ball.
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Sammy also got to play first base tonight, here she is covering
the bag, waiting for a throw that never made it to her.
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Sam fouled off several pitches during today's game.
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Here she is hitting another foul ball.
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Finally she connected for her second hit of the game.
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Here she is later in the game running to third base on a teammates hit.
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