THANK YOU DALE !
Here is the final breakdown:
Tough, tough loss everyone. The Mudcats' season was ended with a Bats win 19-7. We were the home team this evening for the Fall tournament game in the one loss bracket.
The 1st inning end with us going down 1-2-3 and the Bats up 6-0. We gotta give it to the Bats - they were hitting well today.
The 2nd inning was punctuated by Fin's spectacular fly ball catch in left center and nice singles from Cameron, Will and Jackson but the Bats were hitting it where we weren't and took a 11-0 lead going in the 3rd.
Will and Jackson started off the 3rd inning defensively with 2 grounders they threw to Brayden for a quick 2 outs. The Bats hung around and scored 3 more runs before we could collect the final out with Cameron's throw to Channing at 2nd. After Moose's single, we made good contact in the bottom of the 3rd with Sam, Julio and Mason Jones but we couldn't get anyone home quite yet.
4th Inning ~ The Bats only scored one in the 4th and we managed to put 3 on the scoreboard to chip away at the Bats' 14-3 lead with some nice hitting. Alex hit a nice one and turned a sharply hit ball into a solid single. Jay and Brayden collected singles and then Channing BOMBED one to the outfield for a stand up double. Cameron then hit a screamer to the fence to help drive in our 3 runs.
In the top of the 5th the Bats' scored 5 more and the were up 19-3. Fin had a nice tag out at home plate with a smart heads up throw to home by Jackson to stop another run from getting home. We brought another one home as well with Jackson getting another great hit and Fin, Sam and Mason Jones getting some nice hustle singles too! 19-4 Bats going in the final inning.
Our defense held strong in the top of the 6th with Jackson getting a ground ball and finished the out with a smooth throw to Brayden on 1st. Channing made a great play at second as he stabbed the ball as it was going by to get the force at 2nd almost doing a split to get a hard it ball up the middle! Nice Play! Channing then caught a pop up to get us up to bat for the last time this fall.
Jay and Brayden started us out in the bottom of the 6th with hard hit singles. Channing continued his hot streak by sending a screaming liner to center for a double but not before he launched one to Coach Jamie's shin leaving a huge bump on his shin as well. Cameron collected a single to drive in another run but the Mudcats simply ran out of innings to try to get back in this one. Bats won 19-7.
Thanks for a great Fall season everyone! Thanks to Jamie, Chris, Brett and Rob for their time coaching this Fall. I hope everyone has a nice Winter - see you in the Spring at tryouts! Dale !
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