Pool Game 2 - vs Texas Heat 16U.  Aces won 3-2.
Ashley led off with a walk, but was out going to 2nd.  Stephanie was out on a bunt, and Megan reached on an error, but was left stranded.  Siera walked the first batter, but the Aces got the lead runner at 2nd on a grounder to short.  Another runner reached on an error, but a strike out and a ground out left two stranded.  Lindsey led off with a single, followed by a single by Lana Jo as Lindsey scored.  Kelsea advanced the runners with a sac bunt.  Lana Jo was tagged out, and a fly out left one stranded.  The Heat's first batter flied out to center, and the next batter hit a single but was caught stealing.  Another batter walked, but a ground out left the runner stranded.  On one out, Rhiannon hit a single in the 3rd.  Ashley walked after another out.  Stephanie bunted to score Rhiannon.  Megan was hit by a pitch.  Siera walked, as Ashley scored on a wild pitch.  A ground out left bases loaded.  The first two Heat batters singled in the bottom of the 3rd, and an error allowed then to score.  After a walk, Rhiannon came in to pitch, and struck out the next batter.  On a bunt, Kelsea playing 3rd, covered home to prevent the lead runner from scoring.  As the runner retreated toward 3rd, the runner from 2nd was still advancing to 3rd.  Kelsea threw to Lindsey, who tagged the lead runner AND the trailing runner for a double play that ended the inning!  After a ground out in the 4th, Kendall singled to left, and Kelsea followed with a double.  However, a pop up and a ground out left both stranded.

Pool Game 3 - vs Montgomery County Elite 16U.  Aces won 4-1.
The first batter hit a single off Lana Jo, then Lana Jo struck out the next.  A ground out advanced the runner to 3rd.  After a walk, another ground out left two stranded.  Ashley got hit by a pitch, and advanced on a sac bunt by Emily.  Rhiannon singled to left to score Ashley.  A strike out and a ground out left one stranded.  The Elite was 3-up-3-down in the 2nd, with two pop ups to short and a strike out.  Siera walked to lead off the 2nd, but was out on a fielders choice by Lindsey.  Lana Jo doubled to bring home Lindsey.  After a fly out to left, Kelsea singled to bring home Lana Jo.  Amber singled, and Kesha singled to bring home Kelsea.  A bunt attempt left two stranded.  The Elite led off with a single in the bottom of the 3rd.  The runner advanced on a sac bunt.  Lana Jo struck out the next batter for the 2nd out, but a double brought home one run.  A ground out left the runner stranded.

Bracket 1 - vs Cy-Fair Intruders Red 16U.  Aces won 4-2.
The Aces were home team, with Rhiannon pitching.  The first batter hit a single, and advanced and scored on two ground outs.  Another ground out put the Aces up to bat.  Amber led off with a walk.  After a fly out to center and a pop up to the catcher, Siera hit a two-run homer to left to put the Aces up 2-1.  A strike out ended the inning.  The first batter in the 2nd grounded out to Kendall at 1st, and the next batter reached on an error.  The next batter hit a sharp line drive just foul of 1st base that Kendall snagged, and she quickly touched 1st before the runner even knew what was happening for a double play!  On two outs in the bottom of the 2nd, Rhiannon hit a single, followed by a single by Kendall.  However, a pop up to the catcher left both stranded.  After a ground out and a strike out, the next batter hit one back to Rhiannon that took a bad hop and hit Rhiannon in the arm, so she was unable to make the play to 1st.  However, she struck out the next batter to leave one stranded.  After a ground out, Megan hit a double to get things started in the 3rd.  After a fly out, Lana Jo hit a single.  Kelsea reached on an error with two outs, as the 2nd baseman threw the ball away and two runs scored.  Kesha lined out to 3rd to end the inning.  The Intruders led off with a single in the 4th.  After a fly out to left, a sac bunt to 3rd and a ground out to 2nd left the runner stranded.  Rhiannon led off with a single in the bottom of the 4th.  After a strike out on a failed bunt attempt, Amber hit a line drive to short that caught Ashley (running for Rhiannon) off the bag at 1st for a double play.  In the 5th, the first batter grounded out to Rhiannon for the 1st out.  After a hard hit ball to short, a bad throw allowed the next batter to reach 2nd.  The runner held at 2nd on a ground out to short.  However, a single advanced the runner to 3rd, and another single scored the runner.  A fly ball to Kendall at 1st left two runners stranded and the Aces in the winners bracket.

Bracket 2 - vs Cy-Fair Intruders Black 16U.  Aces lost 3-9. 
The Aces returned for an 8:00 am game on Sunday morning, but did not seem awake and ready for their first game.  Rhiannon started the game, and the first batter hit a double, followed by a single that advanced the runner to 3rd.  An error on a fielded bunt allowed a run to score, before the Aces got the outs on a fly out to 2nd, a fielder's choice that took the lead runner going to 3rd, and a ground out to first.  In the bottom of the 1st, after a ground out, Kelsea walked, but a line drive to short and a ground out left Kelsea stranded.  The Intruders led off with a single in the 2nd, and the runner stole 2nd and advanced on a sac bunt.  The next batter reached on a bunt as the Aces held the runner at 3rd.  The runner scored on another bunt as the Aces took the out at 1st.  The next batter grounded out leaving one stranded.  In the bottom of the 2nd, after a strike out, Ashley and Kesha each hit singles.  After another strike out, Emily hit a two-out double to bring home two runs, and tie the game up at 2-2.  It looked like we were still in the game after that inning, but the girls still weren't awake.  The Aces allowed five consecutive hits as Rhiannon's pitches weren't moving, and the balls got hit just past the fielders, before they got the first out on a sac bunt, then a strike out.  Another single brought home the 5th run of the inning, but the runner was caught stealing to end it.  However, the damage was done.  On two outs in the bottom of the 3rd, Siera hit a single, followed by a single from Rhiannon.  Lindsey followed with another single to bring home a run, but a ground out left two stranded, and the Aces still down by 4 runs, 7-3.  Lana Jo came in for the Aces, and the first batter hit a single.  The next batter hit into a fielder's choice as the Aces took the lead runner at 2nd.  The next batter hit a bunt, but ran into the ball out of the box.  The Aces were slow to try to make a play, because the ump never made the call.  One runner scored as the Aces tried to react to the bad call and make a play, and the batter ended up on 3rd on what should have been the 2nd out.  Lana Jo struck out the next batter, but a wild pitch allowed the runner on 3rd to score.  A fly out to 2nd ended the half inning.  The Aces couldn't get it going after that, with a ground out, and a called strike out on a very high pitch, and another ground out ended the game.

Bracket 3 - vs Texas Xtreme 16U.  Aces won 3-0.
With their first taste of the loser's bracket in early rounds this season,  the Aces knew they had to play back-to-back for the rest of the day.  The Aces were visitors and batted first.  After a fly out to left, Lindsey hit a single to right center.  Megan followed with another single.  Lana Jo hit into a fielder's choice which held the runners to load the bases.  Kelsea followed with a two-run single down the 3rd base line.  Emily followed with another single.  Lana Jo scored on a wild pitch, and a strike out and a ground out left two stranded.  Lana Jo pitched for the Aces, and got 3-up-3-down with two ground outs and a pop up to Amber at 2nd.  Amber hit a single on one out in the top of the 2nd, but on a line drive to short, Amber got caught off 1st for the double play.  In the bottom of the 2nd, the first batter hit a double, but Lana Jo struck out the next batter, and a fly out to Stephanie in center and a ground out to Kendall left the runner stranded.  Kelsea hit a single on two outs in the 3rd, and Emily walked, but both were left stranded.  The first batter hit a single in the bottom of the 4th.  The runner advanced to 2nd on a sac bunt, and to 3rd on a single up the middle.  When the runner tried to advance to 2nd, Kelsea threw to Amber at 2nd for the fake, and Amber fired back to Kelsea to get the runner coming home from 3rd for the out!  The next batter grounded back to the pitcher leaving a runner stranded at 3rd.  The Aces were 3-up-3-down on strike outs in the top of the 4th.  In the bottom of the inning, the first batter hit a line drive to Kesha at 3rd, which she stopped, and threw to 1st for the out.  The next batter hit a single.  On a pick off attempt to 1st base from Kelsea to Rhiannon, the runner broke for 2nd.  Rhiannon threw to Lindsey at short, who threw back to Rhiannon, who caught the runner and applied the tag.  Lana Jo struck out the last batter to keep the shut out intact.

Bracket 4 - vs Texas Fireballs 14U.  Aces won 5-2.
The Aces played the 2nd year 14U Fireballs next.  Aces batted first as visitors again.  Amber lined out to short on the first pitch.  Lindsey walked on 4 straight balls.  Megan hit into a fielder's choice to 2nd base, but an error allowed Lindsey to advance to 2nd.  Siera hit a single up the middle to score Lindsey, and the Fireballs put in another pitcher.  Kelsea hit a single on the first pitch to score Lana Jo (running for Megan).  Kesha followed with a single to score Emily (running for Siera).  On two strikes, Ashley hit a sac bunt to score Kelsea.  Kendall lined out to center field to leave one stranded.  Siera pitched for the Aces.  After a full count and a foul ball, the lead off batter lined out to Lindsey at short.  Siera struck out the next batter.  The next batter singled on two outs, and quickly stole 2nd and 3rd.  A double scored the runner, but a ground out left one stranded and the Aces up 4-1 after one inning.  After a strike out, Amber reached on an error.  However, Lindsey hit into a double play to 2nd, which tagged out Amber and got Lindsey at 1st.  The Fireballs first two batter hit back-to-back singles.  A sac bunt scored one run.  Siera struck out the next batter, and the top of their lineup lined out to Lindsey at short (again).  In the top of the 3rd, the Aces had 3-up-3-down with a strike out, a pop foul, and a ground out to 3rd.  Rhiannon came in to pitch in the bottom of the 3rd.  After a ground out back to the pitcher, the next batter singled up the middle.  The runner was quickly caught stealing on a throw from Megan to Lindsey.  The next batter grounded out to Amber.  Kesha walked to lead off the 4th.  Rhiannon hit a double to left center and scored Kesha.  Ashley (re-entered for Rhiannon) advanced to 3rd on a ground out.  However, a fly out and a line drive to short left her stranded. In the bottom of the 4th, Rhiannon walked the first batter after a full count.  She struck out the next batter, and the Aces got the lead runner at 2nd on a fielder's choice from Amber to Lindsey.  Kendall made the unassisted out at 1st for the last out of the game.

Bracket 5 - vs Texas Peppers 16U.  Aces lost 0-2.
The Aces were home team for this game.  Rhiannon pitched for the Aces.  The first batter hit a fly ball to Kesha in left for the first out.  The next batter grounded out to Megan at 3rd.  The next batter hit a single to left, but was quickly caught stealing on the throw from Kelsea to Lindsey.  Lindsey led off with a single.  After a strike out, Lindsey was out on a fielder's choice by Megan.  Rhiannon hit a line drive to the pitcher that she got a glove on but couldn't catch, to advance Megan, and Siera walked to load the bases.  A ground out left three stranded.  The Peppers first batter in the 2nd reached on an error.  The next batter singled up the middle.  A sac bunt advanced both runners.  On the suicide play, the Aces got the out at the plate with a quick throw from Kendall to Kelsea.  A strike out left two stranded.  Kelsea was out on a strike out swinging when the field ump (our friend from game 2) said she went on ball 4.  Emily grounded out to 1st.  Kendall walked, but was tagged out on a fielder's choice by Lindsey when the ball was deflected from the pitcher to the 2nd baseman.  In the top of the 3rd, the first batter grounded out to Lindsey at short.  The next batter hit a line drive to Kendall at 1st.  The Peppers then hit two consecutive base hits, but a ground out to Megan left both stranded and the game still scoreless.  Lana Jo reached on an error in the bottom of the 3rd, and advanced to 2nd on a ground out.  Rhiannon hit a single to advance Lana Jo to 3rd.  However, Lana Jo held at 3rd on a ground out to 2nd, and a line drive to 1st left two stranded.  In the top of the 4th, after a fly out to Lindsey at short, the next batter singled.  The runner advanced to 2nd (leaving very early every time), and held on a hard hit single Lindsey stopped, but she couldn't make a play.  The lead runner stole 3rd, and scored when the Aces failed to get the out at home on another suicide bunt.  It was great attempt, but we didn't quite connect.  A ground out to 2nd allowed a second run to score.  A fly out to Lindsey at short left the Aces down by 2.  The Aces couldn't come back in the bottom of the inning, when the Peppers got them 3-up-3-down with a ground out and two strike outs.