THANK YOU DALE for the game notes ! Here it goes ~~ and PS ~~ Channing, I'm only glad I did not have to see the hit to the noggin' rest up buddy ! You too Erin LOL !
May I also say, JULIO ~ I hear you had a great night !! Way to go to our rookie Mudcats !
You guy's are playing AWESOME :-)
Here you go for Game 6:
"WHEW - NO one left with energy after this 7 inning dog fight with the Riverdogs. Everyone left everything they had on the field - even the coaches were tired! Some younger siblings were even caught watching this exciting game as we went into extra innings although Jake (Connor's younger brother) would never really admit it.
Channing was injured in the forehead early in the game with a ball thrown to him in the 3rd and Connor filled in as best he could for our top notch 2nd baseman. The Hammer gutted it out and came back after some TLC from mom in the dugout to play the 5th and 7th inning. Thanks Mom!!
The outfield was solid the whole game getting the ball back to the infield fast with Crash Nowak, Julio, Jaybird, Fin, Sam, Moose, Connor and Crazy Legs Jones.
Early in game, Sam threw a laser to Cameron from left field with the Riverdogs hustling to third - the call was close as the umps split - one saying safe and one saying out - but final ruling was safe.
Finally, Cameron displayed his all star status with excellent, heads-up base running to score an important late run and closed the game with the final 2 outs.
The game momentum went back and forth inning by inning:
The first was another hot start for the Mudcats. Jackson, Brayden and Connor had solid hits with Channing and Cameron also collecting hits and Will slicing it by the SS to drive a run. Fin drove in a run with Will The Big Thrill hustling home before the final out.
Bottom of the 1st we learned this was going to a game to remember. The Riverdogs scored twice with all our outs coming from solid middle infield play.
Although the Mudcats didn't score in the 2nd we held the Riverdogs to a 1-2-3 inning.
The 3rd started strong as Julio "Lil' Papi" smacked a solid hit! We scored 4 runs after we collected a few more hits by Action Jackson, Big Red and Smiley. Big Thrill collected 2 more RBI's with another solid hit.
The 3rd defensively was remembered with Channing's injury and Connor moving to 2nd. Fin looked confident going to center field and was ready to make a play. Connor collected an out at 2nd with a good throw from Will and Cameron closed the inning with an incredible web gem - snatching a laser line drive shot out of the air just above his head. It was 7-5 Mudcats after the 3rd.
The 4th and 5th were defensive innings with both teams holding the opposing offenses in check with the scoring slowing down to 7-6 Mudcats after the 5th. Channing came back for the 5th and Will had a diving backhand "Derek Jeter" type of stop at short and made a smart baseball decision by holding it to stop the runners from advancing.
The Mudcats scored their final run in the top of the 6th. As the Mudcats took the field for the bottom of the 6th the lights came on for us to enjoy some night baseball for the first time. We tried valiantly to defend the 8-6 lead with Connor having a close play at 2nd after a good throw from the outfield but the tag was a split second too late. The Riverdogs played tough and tied it up 8-8.
The Umps smiled to each other and decided to play one more to see if we could break the tie.
Jay got a hit in the top of the 7th and Sam shook off a hand injury at his at bat but the Mudcats were unlucky and no runs were scored.
Channing was back again in the bottom of the 7th and the Mudcats shutdown the Riverdogs 1-2-3 to end the game 8-8.
We are all proud of you Mudcats! Great game!
(I tried - thanks for the opportunity to help out Amanda - Dale) THANK YOU VERY MUCH DALE :-)
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