Sliding home!

Tonight was much better. We beat them for the first time this season. Final score 14-9. I got to slide into home twice for two runs. The first time there wasn’t a throw but I didn’t know that at the time and I had come all the way from 1st both times. The second time I beat the tag and just about killed their catcher doing it. I ended up knocking his leg out from under him and he fell over backwards after fighting to stay on his feet for five or six steps. I hope his but is a sore as mine tomorrow.

We batted much better. We stopped hitting pop-flys and put the ball into play for singles and doubles. We forced them to make the play instead of hoping they would drop the ball.

We also shut them down for each of the last 3 innings and 4 of the 9 runs came on a grand-slam homerun in the second inning after we missed three chances to get the 3rd out. One was a low throw that allowed the batter to reach 1st. Then a diving tip off the glove at a line drive and finally a horrible bounce that kicked 10 feet int he air after hitting a rock making no play possible. Any one of those could have resulted in the last out, instead it loaded the bases.

Tomorrow will be tough but we know that we can beat them. This is our year. If I have to go to the hospital because I made a play I will gladly go.