Will’s Warriors team lost 13 – 3 last night in Powder Springs. The team didn’t make many errors, but too many times the Yankees blooped hits just out of our defenders reach, and then ran the bases aggressively. Several Warrior runners were stranded and a couple of other runners were tagged out on the basepaths.
The game started good. Corey bunted for a hit, and Will walked on four pitches. Will stole second, then David and Clay walked. But with one run in and the bases still loaded with no out, the Warriors couldn’t score again. Jake’s infield grounder forced Will at home, David was picked off third, and Andrew struck out.
Will caught the first inning, played shortstop in the third, and pitched the fourth inning. Will knew the leadoff hitter would try to bunt, and purposely threw the first pitch high. The bunt landed just fair near third, and the batter barely beat out the throw. Then Will struck out the next batter, and another batter hit a slow roller between the mound and the first-base line. Will ran over and scooped it up, and continued a few steps more and tagged out the batter. He then looked the runner back to third. Will struck out the final batter of the inning.
Will’s second at bat came in the top of the fifth. He grounded the first pitch of the inning hard, directly at the third-baseman. The third-baseman knocked the ball down, picked it up, and threw wildly to first, and Will was safe. He stole second, and took third on a passed ball, and later scored on Jake’s single up the middle.
They practice at the Pony Field tomorrow at 5 pm and plan on playing an intersquad game, to give all 15 players an extra opportunity to get infield playing time and at-bats, as well as opportunities for everyone who wants to pitch.
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