02Crush
Way past gone
Well we nailed down out first outing this past Saturday and it was so much fun. As usual I now have more questions about things learned based on game experiences. We had 4 new teammates and the way they played you would have thought they were together all along. Also, despite losing one pitcher to another team the 2 remaining did great for their age. Facing 65 batters on the day they had the following stats
K: 18 (7 of them looking)
BB: 22 (I struggle with this # but I do realize they are 9 so I let it go knowing this will get better)
And despite times of being tired and proper slight mechanic break downs, when noted they really worked to correct it and stay on focused.
Defensively against the 25 batters who hit against us we made the following plays,
Three: 4-3
Two: 6-3
One: 6-4
One: 5-3
One: 1-3
One: L9: (Hard Hit Line Drive to RF for an out_ (And our RF charged it, stayed on her feet and kept the free hand up to ensure she did not loose the ball by allowing it to bounce out of her glove) We all thought this ball was going to go through her it was hit so hard.
One: F3
Two: U3
One: F5
and we caught two girls stealing at 3rd (throw from 1st base) and 2nd (throw from catcher)
Hitting we did not do well although we did not see very consistent pitching to make many attempts.
AB: 65
K: 17
BB: 28
Hit into 18 plays for outs
One in the park HR
One single
We left a lot on base and took K's at key times to end our half of innings. A problem I set on my shoulders in developing the Batting Order.
The scoreboard was not in our favor...
1-3 on the day. (L5-1, L5-3, W8-7, L7-5)
However I was happy with our point differential versus last fall's showing.
Despite the losses I am pleased with the first tournament as there were a ton of personal benchmarks
for our players on the day and knew hurdles reached. Stamina on the day was good, focus was better
throughout the day over last fall (when we were new in TB). We still have a long way to go....
So How was your Tournament?
K: 18 (7 of them looking)
BB: 22 (I struggle with this # but I do realize they are 9 so I let it go knowing this will get better)
And despite times of being tired and proper slight mechanic break downs, when noted they really worked to correct it and stay on focused.
Defensively against the 25 batters who hit against us we made the following plays,
Three: 4-3
Two: 6-3
One: 6-4
One: 5-3
One: 1-3
One: L9: (Hard Hit Line Drive to RF for an out_ (And our RF charged it, stayed on her feet and kept the free hand up to ensure she did not loose the ball by allowing it to bounce out of her glove) We all thought this ball was going to go through her it was hit so hard.
One: F3
Two: U3
One: F5
and we caught two girls stealing at 3rd (throw from 1st base) and 2nd (throw from catcher)
Hitting we did not do well although we did not see very consistent pitching to make many attempts.
AB: 65
K: 17
BB: 28
Hit into 18 plays for outs
One in the park HR
One single
We left a lot on base and took K's at key times to end our half of innings. A problem I set on my shoulders in developing the Batting Order.
The scoreboard was not in our favor...
1-3 on the day. (L5-1, L5-3, W8-7, L7-5)
However I was happy with our point differential versus last fall's showing.
Despite the losses I am pleased with the first tournament as there were a ton of personal benchmarks
for our players on the day and knew hurdles reached. Stamina on the day was good, focus was better
throughout the day over last fall (when we were new in TB). We still have a long way to go....
So How was your Tournament?
