Bright Spots:
Game 1
- We saw for the first time a battery of Nick-Chase. Nick pitched well giving up 4 runs in 4 innings. But relief could not hold the Spartans.
- Charles hit his first home run of the year. A deep moon shot to left center field.
- Chase did a great job catching
- Chase pitched very well. Pitching 4 innings while giving up only 2 runs.
- The bats finally came alive. Charles home run may have been the ignition. The boys scored 17 runs and won 17-2. Great job!
Mother's Day Tournament
After a late night Friday, the boys had to be back playing baseball at 8:30 in Ballwin. Another double -header. Not one complaint from any of the boys. They all looked forward to playing in the games.
Game 1
Logan started the game against the O'Fallon Bomber's. It was a good game, but would have been closer. We lost a lot of runners on the bases. We finished the game very proud of the way the boys played and were pleased to see that they had elevated their game. It was the best the boys had played so far all year, so far.....
Game 2
Travis started game 2 against the St. Louis Wild Dogs. This team had boys so big, they looked like they woke up that morning, showered, shaved and then drove themselves to the game. We played a clean game but they just toyed with us. We found out later the coach was telling the boys which field to hit to when they went up to bat. It was like they we playing slow pitch softball against us. So we took out hard throwing Travis and put in our soft tosser, Trevor, thinking this would mess them up. Nope. Didn't work. The game was over in 3 innings with a final of 17-1.
Game 3
Sunday was a bright new day and the boys knew they were playing well, even after the thumping. They went into Sundays game against the O'Fallon Bombers (yes, the team we played the day before) with the hope we could pull off at least one win. We started hot. Lead-off hitter, Trevor, lined a double over the right fielders head. After two innings we were tied 3-3. In the bottom of the second, Chase threw a BB from left field to home to nail a runner at the plate. IT was a perfect throw. At this point The Bombers knew they were facing a different team than they faced the day before. They put in their best pitcher and shut us down. Final 9-3
I think the boys did fantastic. I know they fell better about themselves and they saw the potential they have with the way they played and the the way our competition played. I expect a different team to play against the Spartans than what we have seen so far.
We still went 0-3 in the tourny, but all the coaches are extremely proud of the level the rose to. Boys, great job!
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