Titans' Tuesday Loss

Will’s travel team lost a close 5 – 2 game yesterday evening. Will played rightfield in the first inning and made a nice running catch, on a line drive trailing away from him, ending the inning.

Then he played left field, third-base, caught two innings, and the last inning played shortstop. While catching he threw out the only baserunner that tried to steal on him. Later playing short he almost tagged out a base stealing at second, but the throw was over Will’s head. He leaped in the air trying to make the catch, but the ball sailed into the outfield.

The Titans only managed three hits. Charlie led off the third by hitting a short pop just out of the reach of the pitcher.

Will had the other two hits. In the first with Audie stealing second, Will went with the outside pitch and hit it hard through the hole between the first and second basemen, moving Audie over to third. When the throw went to third, Will hustled over on to second…a play identical to Saturday’s. Both Will and Audie scored on the next play, when the third-baseman threw past first.

In the third Will pulled a line drive right down the left field line, and the ball rolled all the way to the corner, 300 feet away. Will slid into third with a rare triple to left field. He has tripled in almost every Titans game.

I recorded the time at the end of the game…7:56 pm. The sun had set, and the lights on the scoreboard burned brightly. The Titans had just been retired in order in the bottom of the 6th. Will had uncharacteristically swung at a low & away 1 – 1 pitch, though he did hit a sharp ground ball up the middle. The pitcher made a nice play to get his glove down to catch it, and he threw Will out at first. Riding home, Will said it had been tough to see the pitches in the darkness.