Had a strange situation this weekend in Bracket Play. we are a 12u team playing up in a 14u tournament with USA Rules, 1 hour 20, no new inning, 1 hour 30 drop dead. We are up 4-0, about 40 mins remain till drop dead, the top of the 3rd inning the Umpire announces, "LAST INNING". We check the clock and being perplexed at the timing, confirm the last inning call. We adjust our game plan to get girls in the game. Inning goes 3 up and down on both sides, taking at about 10 mins off the clock. At end of inning we start our congrats, Umpire says, there is still time, I didn't think it would go that quick and apologized. again we state he said it was last inning.
What do you do in this situation?
We kept playing, adjust our lining up more, completed 2 more innings. In what ultimately becomes the last inning, our 4th pitcher on the mound, throws a nice inning but defense lets her down with fielding errors, giving up 5 runs to lose the game.
It is what it is and not a big deal being bracket day. The game gave the girls confidence they could play ball in the Tournament. Come to learn later the loss impacted the seeding giving us the toughest draw to get to the top. Lost to eventual winning by 1 run in a 6-5 game. All in all was a good experience for our team.
What do you do in this situation?
We kept playing, adjust our lining up more, completed 2 more innings. In what ultimately becomes the last inning, our 4th pitcher on the mound, throws a nice inning but defense lets her down with fielding errors, giving up 5 runs to lose the game.
It is what it is and not a big deal being bracket day. The game gave the girls confidence they could play ball in the Tournament. Come to learn later the loss impacted the seeding giving us the toughest draw to get to the top. Lost to eventual winning by 1 run in a 6-5 game. All in all was a good experience for our team.