Titans' March 10th Win

Saturday afternoon Will’s Titans travel team easily beat the Wolfpack.

Will was the starting pitcher and set the tone of the game, striking out the three batter he faced, the top three in the order. He threw only two balls, one each to the first two hitters, both as waste pitches after going ahead in the count 0 – 2. Will struck out the number three hitter on three pitches. All three strikeouts were on a called strike three.

For the second straight game Will batted cleanup. In the first inning he walked on a 3 – 1 count, then he stole second base. He advanced to third on a grounder to short, and scored on a base hit.

The Titans batted around in the first, and with two out Will beat out an infield grounder to deep short, driving in the runner from third. He stole second base again, and scored from second on a single to left.

Will caught the second and third inning and did not allow a stolen base.

In the bottom of the third Will came up with two out. I had been pretty quiet the entire game, tending the team’s scorebook and pitch charts, but I noticed the left-fielder playing well over in the gap…so I called out “inside pitch!” Will got the message and pulled the first pitch down the third-base line, but the third-baseman made a nice backhand catch, and he threw out Will at first on a close play.

Will played two innings at shortstop, and one inning of outfield, but didn’t get any balls hit to him.

In the bottom of the fifth Will came up with two on. Again he grounded an inside pitch down the third base line, and the third-baseman made an even more outstanding play. But this time the grounder was foul, giving Will another chance. He drove the best hit of the day, a deep low line drive into the gap in left-center, all the way to the fence for a two-RBI triple. This was his second triple in two travel ball games. Will then scored on a single to right.

Will finished the game as the most productive player, with two hits, a walk, three runs scored, and three RBI.