Well, that was as expected given ONE practice on 3/11 and a whole lot of rain since then. The guys actually got in a great practice during warm ups today (!!) and some of those reps made a difference in today's game.
Which the Lions won, by the way, in edge of the seat fashion. Hat's off to Salesian, who played for the most part like they managed to find some dry fields lately on which to practice. Playing from behind the whole game after a run in the first, they kept getting runs back, usually through a combination of walks and miscues. And one very irregular issue with the opposition scorebook, which seemed to indicate that due to a mixup between 11 and 13 players from their side, a 7th run had actually plated in there somewhere (not that we're complaining).
On the positive side, everyone swung the bats well today and you can tell this team is going to be an offensive juggernaut. And with the exception of the train-wreck top of the third (3 walks, an infield hit and lots of forced and unforced errors) that let Salesian plate 4 runs to tie it at 5, there were some great defensive plays by our very out of practice looking guys. Defensively, the Lions team that played those other 6 innings should be able to hold the line once they get some more practice in and can bear down.
Solid pitching by Stephen E (3 innings, 4 strikeouts, 2 hits, 4 walks) and a stellar performance by Andrew (4 innings, 11 strikeouts, 1 hit, 3 walks) put the Lions' bats in position to do their damage. Once the errors get under control, this is going to be a very good baseball team.
We should have some great pics by tomorrow (Jack Ladd was pleased and some he showed me looked fantastic). Stay tuned... and...
GO LIONS!!
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