First game was against Brandon at 11 am.... it was a good game, hot, but good. We battled hard, but lost by 2. They just killed the ball anywhere you pitched. It was brutal!
But nonetheless... weplayed Smitty's 93's at 1 (right after) and won 1-0. Super intense game... but because we beat them, that meant that we were tied with them to go to Westerns. So we played them AGAIN, immediately after.
this was a quick game... yet again (the last one moved really fast too) but we were up on them 4-2.. then they scored 2 bottom of 6. So we HAD to get a run or 2 in top of 7... didn't happen. But didn't happen for them either. So we went into an international tie breaker (runner starts at 2). This was the most intense game ever.... We managed to squeezer our runner into home, but that was theonly run we could bring in.... We seriuosly had to hold this team. So are you ready for the play by play?
Left handed batter comes up... hitting right. Something fishy is going on here. We guess that they're gonna go ahead and steal 3. So I call for a pitch out, and throw the ball over the batters head, straight down to 3. Lands EXACTLY where Nikki needs to make a play on the girl, we had her by 3 feet at LEAST. One out. Another girl hits straight to second basemen... Meghan throws to first base. Two out. the next girl rips a hard line drive through shortstop into left field... she's on one. The next girl up to bat hits a short fly ball out to right field. Steph DIVES to grab it and JUST misses it, but gets up and hucks it to one to try to make a play. No luck, but Rylee (first basemen) turns to see third base runner way off third trying to score home, so she chucks to Carly(third basemen) who starts chasing the runner down the line (where I'm awaiting her throw). Carly throws it, the girl takes a dive for home, and I swipe her back as she's diving with the ball half out of my glove I thrown my hand up in the air to show the umpire I have the ball. He says SHOW ME THE BALL SHOW ME THE BALL. He sees it - SCREAMS OOOOOUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTT. I throw my glove, with the ball still in it and shoot off my helmet land on my knees screaming and cheering and crying, the team runs in and we all cheer and hug and hoorah.
We're going to Unity, Saskatchewan for Westerns.
May I mention... I've been to Western Championships and National Championships many times before ... but never with my own team (with the exception of Junior B... but that doesn't really count in my mind because it was B ball... not A). I've been picked up ... but NEVER has MY OWN team that I've played with ALL year long... EARNED the RIGHT to play in a Western Championship!
Congratulations girls. Let's Razzle Dazzle 'em in Unity and win it all.
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