Game 7 ~ Mudcats 11 - Bee's 12

What a beautiful day for baseball !

Coach Jaime asked The Cats to , " GIVE ME 6 GOOD INNINGS~ EVERYBODY FOCUS"!

Coach Jaime and the whole Mudcat family got 6 innings of focus and 1 extra inning !

Baseball is a great teacher. It teaches us all when things get hard, we need to work harder ! That is exactly what our Mudcats did today on the field !

Our actions as a Mudcat family , players, coaches, parents, grandparents, friends and family are determined on how we react to the game and ultimately will prove to be how  we remember the game. Our Mudcat family is so supportive of each other, the coaches and their Mudcats !   ~~  I will remember this game for a long time !

This is how this Mudcat bleacher Mom remembers this awesome game !

It is Mudcat pre~game warm up time and all the Mudcat fans are finding there perfect game time spot ! It's a good thing West Raleigh has Wi-Fi as all the football faithful, UNC~ ECU~ NC State ~ Notre Dame & UGA are trying to make sure they are prepared for sports updates and scores ! By the time the Pledge of Allegiance was said, no matter what game you may have wanted to follow~~ be it ACC or SEC it was Mudcat baseball that would prove to be extremely exciting !

Let me just say, I wrote this once already and LOST each and every inning breakdown- ! I clicked the X on accident and POOF the write up disappeared ! BUT I can tell you this- THOSE BEES can hit and I will sum it all up again!

We put a few runs on the board early but the Bees just were hitting hard ! One bleacher Mom put it best when she said the second inning was , " crushing one" !

Coach Jaime kept the Cats believing and told them straight up, " we gotta field it before we throw it" ! We actually started doing this ! Keeping the ball in front, making smart throws and staying C~A~L~M !

We were hitting, Jackson getting on, Channing moving him in to score, Finn  put us up with an RBI and Jay getting on put us all tied up in the 2nd inning 4-4 !

Well some little base hits and some BIG base clearing hits put the Bees up 4-8 to begin the 3rd inning !

Let it be known, Gramma Gigi made the bench call to the Cats to , " STOP THAT TRAIN" !

I knew exactly what train she was referring to and it was the hitting train from the  Bees !

I am unsure how irritating the bleacher coaching is, but we all just asked for outs and to keep the baseball in the infield ! Our Cats battled back after some tough innings and held the Bees 6-11 to end the 5th inning !

" TOGETHER our Cat's are strong, they seemed committed & determined to play tough and not be rattled" !

6th inning ~ BREAK OUT THE ASPRIN AGAIN !! Anyone a medic in our Mudcat family ~ LOL !
Braden started it all off getting a hit ~
Channing delivered a solid hit ~
Connor's line drive brought in a Mudcat run ~ Will, Finn and Moose all delivered at the plate to bring our cats with-in 1 run !
~~NOW~~
2 out's and Mudcats are down 10-11 ~ "Jay bird", Hale put a hit into play and HELLO TIE BALL GAME and the Mudcat family GOT CRAZY ! :-) Jay's hit brought in a Mudcat run and  the Cardiac Cats tied it all  up!  MUDCATS 11 BEES 11 !

Yes ~ that's 22runs in 6 innings of West Raleigh Baseball !

CARDIAC CATS took us to 7 innings of exciting baseball but the Bee's bats brought in one more game ending run !

Mudcats battled, web gems were given out to Finn for 2 RBI's, Jackson, Channing and Will for solid defense and Jay for the game clutch tie RBI !

We come from all over the Triangle!  We drive in to West Raleigh from home and work from Wake, Durham and Johnston County ! Our Mudcats are all different shapes, sizes and ages ! Some Mudcats are seasoned and some rookies. But together they all came together in an exciting, well played MUDCAT "TEAM" effort !

Did we win ~ YES !!!! Well, "No", we did not win the game~ but we won the fight !
They just never gave up :-)  Our Cat's played tough, strong and their actions shined on the field!
That free drink at the concession stand and a hot dog smoothed it all over by the time stickers were awarded :-)

See you all Monday ! Time to awaken the MUDCAT NATION again and the best part is, we get at least 6 more fun innings of baseball together !