I appreciate our Bleacher Dad reporter , DALE ~AKA~ Connor " Smiley :-) " Allen's Dad, helping out with the bleacher report today ! If I may, I'm going to re-write that last sentence :-)!
I appreciate our Bleacher Dad reporter, Dale~ AKA~ Connor " CRUSH" Allen's Dad, helping out with the bleacher report today! YES ~ he is "Smiley" but tonight he CRUSHED that ball !
I am so proud of all" 13" of our Mudcats . They play their hearts out ! We proved we don't need 3 out's to dig deep ! LOL ~ With Jay birds hustle, humor &enthusiasm, Actions determination, Lefty's clutch plays on 1st and solid hitting, Big Red stepping up with solid performance all around, The "Thrill" remaining calm and delivering exactly what is needed from him at the plate and on the field, The 'Hammer" always hanging tough at 2nd and being a leader on the field and in the dug-out, Lil Papi getting a hit and giving smile just at the perfect time, Jack Rabbit, Moose, Finn & Crazy Legs hit's & hustle, Crash & Crush coming up big with hits that move all our Cats around the bases !
The fact that WE ALL know exactly who each Mudcat is in that paragraph, without really using their names, makes this team so special !
Bleacher Dad Dale's re-cap ! It's great :-)
Gametime! Gametime! Gametime! GO MUDCATS!
Great win for our Mudcats tonight 8-6 over the Scrappers who lived up to their name and fought hard to come back but our defense closed the game out. Our last game against the Scrappers we had to come back to win as well (09-11-13) but this game seemed even more exciting! The 6th inning proved to be the Action Jackson and Lefty web gem show!!
We were up first to start the game. The parents noted the line up change when Connor came up third after a couple of unlucky outs and then smashed it to center field for a double. Ok, Ok, nice job coaches for shaking it up a bit. However, lady luck turned her head away again as we didn't score any runs. On defense Action Jackson had a fly out and stopped a hard grounder for the final put out at first to end the inning but the Scrappers were up 2-0 going into the 2nd. Jackson was just getting his glove warmed up.
The second inning saw more line up changes with Fin, Hammer, The Thrill, Jay Bird and Moose up to bat. We had 3 good singles and a couple of pop flys but no runs scored. On defense Will and Jackson started the inning with nice throws to Brayden but the Scrappers hustle beat out the throws to 1st. The Thrill then tossed one to Channing for the first out and caught a pop up for out #2. Lefty closed the inning with a grounder and calmly stepped on the bag. 2-0 Scrappers going into the "2 out" 3rd.
The 3rd inspired the bench and stands as Jack Rabbit was blur on the base path and scored our first run. Moose drilled the ball to left center to bring in Sam. Then Alex got a single and Lil Papi drove in Crazy Legs to tie it up 2-2. All of a sudden we were on defense..........It seemed to most we only had 2 outs and the Scrapper head coach met with Coach Jamie and the umps but we took the field anyway as both teams showed great sportsmanship and played on! Defensively in the 3rd Jay took a bat to glove/helmet early and then promptly took a step back to finish up the inning at catcher. Coach Jamie asked how he was and he shook it off but thank goodness for all that catcher gear no matter what a pain it is to put on every inning! Cameron had a couple of nice throws to Channing at 2nd to close out the inning but the Scrappers put another run on the board to take the lead again 3-2.
We tied it up in the 4th with Connor scoring after an absolutely crushing triple to the fence past 3rd with Big Red's clutch hit then driving him home. Fin had another single with great hustle to 1st base! 3-3 as the Mudcats took the field! The Mudcat defense then clamped down on the Scrappers with a 1-2-3 inning.
The 5th started with more great base running hustle with Jay and Moose flying to first to get important singles to start us out strong! Mason Jones eyed our runners on 1st and 2nd, looked at coach Chris with determination and then smacked a single to collect 2 RBIs and then Crash cracked another nice single as we took the lead 5-3. After we took the field in the bottom of the 5th Channing caught all three outs at 2nd with throws from Jackson, Cameron and Will but the Scrappers put another one on the board to close the gap 5-4 going into the exciting 6th inning!
Great hitting for the Mudcats starting out the top of the 6th. Action Jackson hit it hard to the outfield for a single and then Lefty collected a single as well. Connor crushed another one to the outfield sending Jackson home. Then Cameron's and Hammer's clutch singles helped score 2 more runs as we took the lead 8-4 going into the bottom of the 6th.
The bottom of the 6th was insane! The Scrappers got 2 quick singles and we all held our breath as they bombed a triple to score 2 runs. Brayden then caught a incredible fly out to stop the momentum. The Scrappers then came up to bat with one of their good hitters. The runner on 3rd poised to run home at the slightest contact with 2 outs. BOOM! A screaming liner headed to center field, the runner on third took off racing to home...WAIT A MINUTE...Jackson snatched it out of the air like a cat!!!!!!! He moved so fast he could have caught a fly trying to get by him!! Action Jackson was then mobbed at the mound by his teammates to end the game! Goodness what an ending.
After we all started breathing again we gathered behind the dugout for stickers and the coaches' breakdown of the game. Coach Jamie told us he told Connor to hit it for Grandpa at the top of the 4th; why didn't I think of that? Our veteran infield came up big tonight and the younger players proved to be speed demons on the base path. Everyone showed up with frazzled parents and coaches rushing to get there by 4:30p but the team pulled it together and gutted out a great victory.
By the way - I think we can all agree coach Brett's lucky jeans and white dress shirt was the good luck charm for the night! No more uniform for you coach to keep the streak alive! I'll pitch in some more slush fund money to keep that shirt pressed! Haha.
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