Smyrna Defeat

Will’s Longhorns lost the game last night 7 – 3 in the cold at Smyrna. At that park games run 2 hours 20 minutes, so they were able to play seven innings, making for a long night in the cold.

The Smyrna Rockies were an older Pony team and ran the bases aggressively and well. The Longhorns had problems throwing and catching, committing twelve errors, and this was the difference in the game. Of the seven runs scored by the Rockies, errors played a part in six. At least three times the Longhorns had a Rockie picked off base, only to throw the ball away. In one rundown our first-baseman caught the ball, ran at the runner, dropped the ball, and fell down.

The Longhorns did outhit the Rockies 9 – 4. Will got hits in each of his three at bats, and scored a run and stole a base.

Will caught the first three innings and also played shortstop. In a stretch of three pitches Will was part of a double play and fielded a grounder, throwing the batter out at first.

Coach Henry’s son David pitched well, not allowing a hit for the first 4-1/3 innings, extending the Longhorns no-hit string to eleven innings. Will relieved him and pitched to six batters. During that six batter stretch the Longhorns committed five errors!

Will has been asked to play with the older Colt team again... he may also play with them Saturday night and later in a weekend tournament. His last Longhorns game for the fall is Saturday.