Aces
Play Practice Games After AFA NQ Rains Out
The Texas Aces were looking forward to playing the the AFA tournament
in Pasadena. There were 16 teams entered in the 18U bracket, and
it looked like it would be a good tournament. However, mother
nature had other plans, and after only one pool game, the rains came
down and the tournament ended up being canceled. Sugar Land
Shock, who was also scheduled to be in the tournament, instead hosted
the Texas Aces at their practice field at Clements High School on
Sunday for a double header. At least we got some real games in
after all.
Thanks
Shock for having us! |
Pool Game
1 - vs Lethal Weapon. Aces tied 0-0.
The Aces got in one pool game before the rains washed out the Pasadena
AFA qualifier. Each team only had one hit in the game. Kesha reached on a bunt for the
Aces only hit. The Aces had several other baserunners reach
on errors or walks, but could not manufacture a run.
Practice
Game 1 - vs Sugar Land Shock. Aces won 1-0.
The format of the practice games were 6 full innings, with two paid
umpires. Morgan pitched
the first game, and only allowed two hits, while striking out 5 and
walking 3. Two runners reached on Aces defensive errors, but the
defense held them on base. Lindsey
hit a double in the first inning, but was left
stranded. Kelsea singled
in the 3rd and advanced to 3rd on a sac bunt, but was caught trying to
score on a wild pitch. The Aces left a runner stranded in the
4th. Megan hit a single
in the 5th, and a fielder's choice failed to get the lead runner, but
the Aces left two stranded. Finally, in the 6th, Morgan walked on one out, and
scored on a single by Amber to
put the Aces on the board.
Practice
Game 2 - vs Sugar Land Shock. Aces won 3-2.
Rhiannon pitched the
second game, allowing 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and one walk, with no
earned runs. Rhiannon also
got 6 ground outs back to the pitcher in that game, included all 3 outs
in the 2nd, and two in the 6th. Kesha
hit a bunt single in the 2nd, but was left stranded.
Kendall singled in the
3rd but was caught stealing. The Shock led off with a single in
the 4th, but Rhiannon caught
the runner in a double play after a pop up back to the pitcher. Rhiannon walked a batter on one out
in the 5th, and got the 2nd out with a pop up to 2nd. A single up
the middle put two runners on. The next batter hit a fly ball to
right, but an error on the play allowed two runs to score. In the
6th, Amber reached on a
dropped 3rd strike, and Kendall singled
up the middle. Kelsea walked
to load the bases. On a grounder back to the pitcher, the play
was made at 1st and one run scored. Megan laid down a bunt for a hit
and another run scored. Kesha tried
the same thing, but Kelsea was
tagged out at the plate as Megan moved
to 3rd. Lindsey walked,
and Megan scored on a passed
ball as the Aces took the lead. The Shock had a single in the
bottom of the 6th, but the Aces held the runner and kept the
lead.
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