I left work an hour early Monday to travel across town for Matthew’s 5 pm game. When I got there we all discovered there were no umpires…the game was “officially” scheduled for the next day. Since both teams were there in uniform, they played a practice game. Matthew’s coach’s goal was realized, as the Rock Hounds scored the maximum of five every inning, beating the Volcanos 20-16.
Matthew went 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs and a run scored.
Matthew got to play his favorite position one inning…catcher. With the runners able to keep running until the defense gets the ball securely ahead of them, ready to tag them out, catcher is now an important position. There was only one throw home that inning. It was off the mark, but Matthew quickly ran the ball down and looked the runner back to third.
He also played third base and the outfield, but I don’t remember him getting any balls hit to him.
Batting cleanup, Matthew beat out an infield hit in the first inning, knocking in a run. He advanced to second, then to third, both on base hits, before scoring a run.
In the second inning Matthew hit the ball again, but the first baseman made the play for the out.
Matthew’s big hit came in the third inning. With the bases loaded he hit the ball over the third-baseman’s head, into left field. This knocked in two runs and ended the inning.
Tuesday’s official game had a similar outcome, with the Hounds prevailing 18 – 12. Matthew got one hit, advanced to second on another hit, but the next batter grounded it right to third base, where the fielder stepped on the bag to force Matthew out.
He also grounded the ball back to the pitcher, who made a nice play, quickly throwing Matthew out at first.
Matthew played his normal positions, third and outfield. He made a nice play at third, with a runner on second. He caught a ground ball and forced the runner to go back to second. He had no other balls hit to him.
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