Pool Game 1 - vs
Texas Fever
In their first pool game against the Texas Fever, Amy led off
the first inning with a hit, and later scored on a wild pitch. Rhiannon
walked the first Fever batter, and the next batter hit a looping fly-ball
over Amber's head at 2nd, but wait!!! Amber made a spectacular
catch and turned a double play (with the runner 2/3 of the way to 2nd,
thinking there was NO WAY anyone could catch that ball!) The Fever
followed with three hits, and scored 2 runs before the side was retired.
Megan led off with a single in the 2nd, but was tagged out coming
home on a great bunt by Kesha. Rhiannon walked another
in the bottom of the inning, and another batter reached on an Aces error.
However, after the next batter bunted, and a bad throw to 1st, Kendall
backed up the throw from right field and threw out the runner trying to
come home! Rhiannon also struck out two in the inning.
Amy walked in the third, and Amber hit a single. Kayla
reached on error as Amy scored. Lindsey hit a single
and brought in two more runs. The Fever had one hit in the bottom
of the third, but the Aces got the next batter on a groundout before time
was called.
Pool Game 2 - vs
TCB 14U
In the 2nd pool game, the Aces saw a lot of familiar faces as they
played the TCB 14U team. Kayla and MarKaye battled as pitchers,
each allowing only one hit, with no runs scoring on either side.
One error was credited to TCB. Kendall led off the game with
a perfect bunt for the Aces only hit, and Janet on TCB hit a double against
Kayla in the 2nd, and each team left runners stranded after walks
and hits into fielder's choice.
Bracket Game
1 - vs Tejas Titans
In the first bracket game, Amy again led off the game with a
strong single, but was forced out at 2nd. Kayla drove in Amber
with a groundout to 2nd to put the Aces on the board early. The Titans
had two baserunners on two hits on two outs in the 1st, but both were left
stranded. Neither team had any baserunners in the 2nd. Kendall
led off the 3rd with a hit, but was caught stealing 2nd. In the bottom
of the inning, the Aces allowed two runners to reach base on two consecutive
errors, when, after getting the next two batters out, the Titans hit a
double to bring home two runs. Lindsey walked in the 4th,
but was caught stealing. Kayla walked one in the 4th, but
quickly took care of the runner when she caught a hard hit line drive and
got the double play at 1st. Kesha had a single in the 5th,
but was forced out at 2nd, and Rhiannon was left stranded.
The Titans had one runner reach on an error in the 5th.
Amber hit a safe bunt in the 6th, but was tagged out trying to score
on a wild pitch. The Titans had a runner reach on an error in the
bottom of the 6th, but the runner was tagged out on on double play on a
sac bunt after rounding 2nd a little too much. The Titans had the
home team advantage, and time expired with them in the lead by one.
Bracket Game
2 - vs TCB 14U
The Aces faced TCB again in the tournament, but this time in the loser's
bracket where one team had to go home after the game. This time the
Aces had the home team advantage in a pitching duel between Rhiannon
and Katie. After 3-up 3-down for TCB in the 1st, Amber reached
on error, then Lindsey hit into a fielder's choice, but Amber
was safe with a TCB error, and Megan walked to load the bases.
However, a strike out and a groundout left all three runners stranded.
In the top of the 2nd, Mandy (TCB) was hit by Rhiannon's change-up,
and advanced to 2nd on a sac bunt by Katie (TCB). However, Mandy
was called out at 2nd on the Look-Back rule. The Aces had 3-up 3-down
in the 2nd, and Rhiannon got three strikeouts in the 3rd.
In the bottom of the 3rd, the Aces had one baserunner when Amber
reached on a TCB error, but she was left stranded. Janet (TCB) led
off with the first hit of the game in the 4th, but was tagged out on a
great double-play by Lindsey at 2nd, as Sunny (TCB) hit into a ground-out.
Sandra (TCB) followed with another hit and advanced to 2nd, but Mandy grounded
out to leave her stranded. Brytish led off the bottom of the
5th with a single, and advanced on a perfect sac bunt by Kelsea.
Brytish took an extra base with some agressive baserunning, and
slid under the tag at 3rd. Kesha followed with
another textbook bunt for a hit, as the fielder tried to hold Brytish
at 3rd. In an attempt to get Brytish leading off the bag,
TCB threw the ball to the 3rd, but it got past the 3rd baseman, which allowed
Brytish to score the winning run of the game!
Bracket Game
3 - vs Gulf Coast NRG
After leaving the ballpark at midnight Saturday night, and losing an
hour for daylight savings time, the Aces had to show back up at 7:00 am
Sunday to get ready for another game after only a few hours of sleep.
It really showed as they struggled during the early innings of the game,
and things just didn't go their way! Kayla struck out the
first batter on a full count, and the next batter hit a single. The
next batter hit into a fielder's choice to Lindsey at short, but
the next batter hit a double to bring home a run for NRG. Kayla
struck out the final batter of the inning. Amy led off with
a fly-out to right, followed by a single down the 3rd base line by Amber.
Lindsey reached on an error, and Kayla hit into a fielder's
choice which got Amber at 3rd. Another groundout left two
runners stranded. After striking out the first batter on a full count,
Kayla struggled and walked the next batter. She struck out
another on a full count, but walked the next as a run scored on a wild
pitch. (Could it have been the 4 hours sleep?) Rhiannon
came in and finished out the inning. Kelsea led off with a
bunt for a hit in the bottom of the 2nd, while Megan hit a hard
line drive back to the pitcher who made a great stop. Rhiannon
and Kendall both walked to load the bases, but a fielder's choice
took the lead runner at the plate, and a strike out left three stranded.
Rhiannon had 3-up 3-down in the top of the 3rd. In the bottom
of the 3rd, Kayla reached on error, and Kelsea hit another
bunt for a hit, but both runners were left stranded. Rhiannon
allowed one hit in the top of the 4th, but the runner was left stranded
on two groundouts and a strikeout. Rhiannon led off the bottom
of the 4th with a hit, and advanced on a sac bunt by Kendall, but
was left stranded after two groundouts, leaving the Aces scoreless in the
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