Will's Sunday Game

Will’s Sandy Plains Wildcats overcame a four run deficit to beat the Wills Park Warriors 10 – 5 Sunday afternoon. Will scored the first two runs, and was the only player to reach base all four times he came up to bat.

In the top of the first Will drew a 3 – 1 walk with two out, and advanced to second on a wild pitch before being stranded there. He caught the first two innings, and did a nice job of framing pitches, coaxing several favorable strike calls from the umpire on borderline pitches.

Will led off the third by pulling the ball to third. The third-baseman reached for the ball, but he couldn’t come up with it cleanly, and Will easily beat the throw. He advanced to second on a groundout, then stole third base before scoring on a groundout to the pitcher.

Defensively Will later played left field, center field, and shortstop, but had no balls hit to him. He batted and scored twice in the fifth inning. He led off the inning by getting hit with a pitch. Though he could’ve dodged the ball, the Wildcats needed baserunners. The pitch hit Will in the left elbow, and he could be seen on base in obvious pain. He took second on a wild pitch, third on an error on the first-baseman, and scored on another infield grounder.

Later in the inning Will drew another two-out, 3 - 1 walk, loading the bases. Vince then drove the ball over the right-fielder’s head for a bases-loaded triple. Will had a good jump and scored from first easily. He also finished the day as the only player to score three runs.