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AFA Memorial Weekend Tournament
Ford Park
Beaumont, TX

May 28-30, 2005
21 teams; 5 game guarantee

Aces Undefeated in Rain-Shortened Memorial Weekend Tournament
The Aces were missing the three seniors on Saturday due to graduation, but had new player Sarah Embry filling in for the weekend.  Welcome Sarah to the team!  Cotton made it back for Sunday play.  The Aces won both pool games and the first two bracket games on Saturday, allowing only one unearned run to score against them.  After heavy rain on Sunday morning delayed games by an hour and a half, the Aces played another bracket game and came away on top 2-1.  With only four teams left in the winners bracket, the Aces went on to face the Louisiana Red Sticks.  After two full innings of play, the Aces were up 2-0.  At the start of the 3rd inning, before the first pitch could be thrown, the field had to be cleared due to lightning.  Once it was determined that another storm was coming through that would prevent play from resuming on Monday, the tournament director declared the rest of the tournament canceled.  The 3 berths to AFA Nationals were still to be awarded.  However, the Aces already qualified in the fall, so the berths will probably pass to the other teams remaining in the winners bracket if they have not already qualified.  Besides the Aces and the Red Sticks, the other teams remaining were the New Orleans Voo Doo and the Texas Rapid Fire.



Opponent W/L/T Us Them
Legends
W
7
0
Texas Cobras W
4
0
Texas Thunder
W
4
1
Texas Panthers
W
4
0
Houston Wave
W
2
1
Red Stick 007's
 W*
2
0
*when game was called due to weather

Teams there:
Texas Aces (Orsak)
Texas Rapid Fire (Menefee)
N.O. VooDoo (Barksdale)
La. Redstick 007’s (Nielsen)
Avengers (Burrows)
Beaumont Blast (Voss)
Bmt Blast Red (Botello)
Houston Power (Glowacz)
Houston Wave (Legler)
La. Express (Rouse)
La. Crushers (Smeltzer)
Legends (Meeks)
MC Elite (Seals)
Mystixx (Ferrell)
Texas Cobras (Kelch)
Texas Eliminators (Butler)
Texas High Voltage (Morris)
Texas Panthers (Nix)
Texas Peppers (Gaskins)
Tomball Sting (Hallmark)
Texas Thunder (Scroggs)


Pool Game 1 - vs Legends.  Aces won 7-0. 
Morgan pitched a no-hit shut out to start the tournament, allowing only one baserunner with a walk in the 1st, and striking out 5 of the 10 batters she faced.  Lindsey walked to lead off the first, and scored as Morgan reached on a two-out error.  Kesha reached on an error in the 2nd, but was left stranded at 3B.  Guest player Sarah reached in the 3rd on a missed fly ball to right, and Lindsey drew another walk.  Amber singled up the middle to score both runners and advanced to 2nd on the throw to the plate.  Amber stole 3rd and scored on a wild pitch.  In the 4th, Kesha singled with one out, then stole 2nd and 3rd on consecutive pitches.  Kendall bunted to score Kesha on a suicide squeeze, and was safe at 1st.  Brytish hit a triple to drive in Kendall, and Brytish scored when the 3rd baseman failed to catch the throw from the outfield.  An attempt was made at the plate, but Brytish got there before the catcher could find the ball.

Pool Game 2 - vs Texas Cobras.  Aces won 4-0.
Rhiannon pitched a one-hit shut out as the Aces beat the Cobras 4-0.  The Cobras had their only baserunners in the 4th and final inning when the leadoff batter reached on an error.  After a line drive out to 2nd, the next batter got the Cobras only hit of the game with a single up the middle which advanced the runner to 2nd.  Rhiannon struck out the next batter.  During the next at bat, the lead runner stole 3rd, and the throw got past the bag.  However, Kesha covered the throw from left field, and threw the runner out at the plate for the 3rd out.  With the game scoreless going into the bottom of the 2nd, Morgan led off with a walk and advanced on a wild pitch.  Rhiannon singled and advanced Morgan to 3rd.  Kesha hit a sac fly to center to score MorganKelsea then unloaded with an out-of-the-park homerun over the center field fence to score Amber (running for Rhiannon).  Kendall walked but was left stranded.  The Aces were up 3-0 at that point.  The Aces scored again in the 3rd when Lindsey led off with a walk and advanced to 3rd as Amber singled.  Morgan hit a sac fly to center to score Lindsey and add to the Aces lead.

Bracket Game 1 - vs Texas Thunder.  Aces won 4-1.
Morgan pitched four innings with seven strike outs and allowed only one hit in the first inning.  After Morgan struck out the first two batters of the game, the next batter singled, but was caught stealing by Megan behind the plate.  Offensively, the Aces had four hits in the game.  Amber singled in the first but was out on a fielder's choice and the Aces left one stranded.  Brytish walked in the 2nd, but was left stranded.  The Aces put two runs on the board in the 3rd when Sarah led off with a walk, followed by a single from LindseyAmber walked to load the bases.  Sarah scored on a wild pitch with Megan up to bat, and the other runners advanced.  Megan grounded out to score another run, and one runner was left stranded.  In the 4th, Kesha led off with a single and was followed by another single by BrytishKendall hit to the 2nd baseman for a double play but Kesha advanced to 3rd.  Sarah walked as Kesha scored on a wild pitch.  Lindsey followed with another walk.  Sarah advanced to 3rd and later scored on another wild pitch by the Thunder's 3rd pitcher of the game.  The Thunder had their only other baserunners in the bottom of the 4th when the Aces allowed the lead-off runner to reach on an error and score on another error. 

Bracket Game 2 - vs Texas Panthers.  Aces won 4-0.
The final game of the day went to 6 innings.  Rhiannon pitched a no-hitter and struck out five with one walk.  The Aces put two runs on the board in the 1st inning as Lindsey reached on an error to start the game, followed by a walk to AmberMegan singled to load the bases.  Rhiannon drove in the first run with a sac fly.  Amber scored when the catcher threw to 3rd but missed the target.  Rhiannon walked the lead off batter in the 2nd, but when the runner advanced on a sac bunt and rounded 2nd, Amber quickly threw to Sarah to catch the runner.  Lindsey started off the 3rd reaching on another error.  Lindsey stole 2nd and advanced  to 3rd on a sac bunt by AmberMegan hit a sac fly to center to score LindseyRhiannon reached on an error, but was left stranded.  The Aces added another run in the 4th when Kendall singled with one out.  Morgan doubled with two outs and Kendall scored from 1st.  The Panthers had a baserunner reach on an error in the 5th, and another reach on an error in the 6th.

Bracket Game 3 - vs Houston Wave.  Aces won 2-1.  
After both sides were 3-up-3-down in the first inning, Morgan helped herself by leading off the top of the 2nd with a double to the fence.  Kelsea advanced pinch runner Jessica Cotton to 3rd with a sac bunt, and was safe at first due to obstruction by the first baseman who missed the ball.  Cotton was able to score on the error.  Brytish followed with a single and moved Kelsea to 2nd.  Kesha grounded out to move the runners to 2nd and 3rd.  Kelsea scored on a wild pitch to put the Aces up 2-0.  One runner was left stranded.  The Wave led off with a single in the bottom of the inning, and the runner advanced on a sac bunt, but Morgan caught a hard hit line drive back to the pitcher for the 2nd out, and a ground out back to the pitcher ended the threat.  Morgan walked one in the 3rd, but one runner was left stranded.  Kelsea singled in the 4th, but was left stranded.  The Wave led off the bottom of the 4th with a single, and another runner reached on an error after Morgan struck out one.  Amber made a great catch over her had to hold the runners, then Brytish dove and caught a line drive in center field for the 3rd out that would have cost two runs.  Great defense girls!  Lindsey hit a single in the 5th but was left stranded.  The Wave threatened again in the bottom of the 5th when Morgan walked the lead off batter, and the next batter followed with a single.  Rhiannon came in to relieve Morgan.  On a grounder to 3rd, the lead runner was forced out at 3rd by Kelsea.  The next batter bunted to advance the runners to 2nd and 3rd.  A wild pitch allowed one run to score, but a ground out preserved the Aces lead.  In the bottom of the 6th, Rhiannon walked one with two outs, but struck out the final batter looking to end the game.

Bracket Game 4 - vs Louisiana Red Stick 007's.  Aces winning 2-0 when game called due to weather. 
Rhiannon pitched with the Aces as home team.  The first batter bunted and appeared to be thrown out at first, but blue didn't see it that way.  The next batter flied out to Kesha in left, and one popped up to Amber at 2nd.  The runner stole 2nd and advanced to 3rd on a wild pitch, but was left stranded on a fly out to Cotton in center field.  The Aces were 3-up-3-down in the bottom of the 1st.  The Red Sticks grounded out to Lindsey at short for the 1st out, then Rhiannon struck out one.  Cotton caught another fly ball in center field for the final out.  Rhiannon led off the bottom of the 2nd with a double to the fence.  Kelsea drove home pinch runner Brytish with a triple to the fence.  Cotton followed up with a sacrifice fly to center field to allow Kelsea to score and put the Aces up 2-0.  Kendall singled with two outs, but was left stranded.  Rhiannon didn't even get to throw the first pitch in the 3rd inning when the field was cleared due to lightning.


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