Tournament Semi-Final Game

The Wildcats won the 1 pm semifinal game 10 – 2 over the Bulls Sunday.

Again Will had a productive offensive game…

…With runners on first and second in the first, Will laced a line-drive single up the middle, driving in Nick from second to tie the game.

…With two-out in the second, Will dribbled a grounder to third. Will broke out of the box fast, intent on making the play close at first. He tried to toss his bat out of the way, but instead it bumped his knee. I had watched the third-baseman fail to field the grounder cleanly, but quickly recover to make the throw, which barely beat Will to first for the third out. I saw Will make one last leaping stride to the bag, and he immediately started limping after that. He grimaced as he slowly made his way off the field.

…Still smarting as he came to bat in the fourth, Will worked the count to 2 – 2, fouling off several pitches, hanging on at the plate against a tough pitcher. He almost seemed relieved when the next pitch game in behind him, and he took the pitch in the leg to get to first. With a runner on third Will stole second without a throw, and scored from second on Andrew’s single, still with the noticeable limp.

Will played third the entire game, throwing out two runners at first. One was a nice backhand catch over the third-base bag. He then quickly made a quick off-balance, across-the-body throw all the way across the infield strong and accurately, easily getting the runner at first.

After the game we had to await the outcome of the next semi-final game, so the entire team escaped the sun and ate at Quiznos. Will kept an ice pack on his knee, and felt a little better before the final game began.