Post by gnawitall on May 11, 2019 18:09:06 GMT -8
I made my first game today. I was determined to give the seniors a big applause. Every year I watch them say goodbye I'm amazed their time is up and hope they had a great time and made lifelong friendships.
It was a great day of weather, great fans and a great finish.
Now the drama part.
We had three hits after five innings and I was really concerned that we would lose this game and series to a team that is ten plus games under .500 for the season. It would have made us 1-9 at home (missed two with Stanford due to weather), losers of four home series and we would have finished behind Utah in conference and I think that scenario may have kept us out of the tournament.
I was frustrated with our futility at the plate. I did some quick research and learned that we scored a total of twenty-eight runs against uo and most of those runs came against their ace who has an era of 4. Meanwhile, were facing a team in Utah whose staff is all 5 or better and we muster two runs Thursday, two runs yesterday and are sitting at one run today after five innings.
Len Barker pitched a perfect game so you just never know.
So I'm sitting in the stands lamenting to myself why can't we wake up. Bottom six frosh Maia Rader is in the 9th spot and leads off and strikes out. Ugh. Then!
Shelby Weeks slap single
Jessica Garcia slap line drive up the middle
Camryn Ybarra walks
Frankie Hammoude hits the first pitch into the right center gap and clears the bases. Wow, I'm stoked. 4-2
But, they get to bat in top seven. Please 1,2,3. HAAAAAA, never. Single, ugh. Next batter hits a sharp one hop grounder to Hammoude at first and she tags the bag and throws out the runner at second. Yes! Two down! But wait, they still have one out. Next batter hits a weak grounder just past the reach of Mazon in the circle. Runner at first. Next batter hits a weak grounder by Mazon in the circle runners at first and second. Next batter hits a medium speed grounder to Rader at short which she has to charge and make a quick throw.
I am sitting first base side bleachers and am on the same plane as the throw. The throw had good velocity but she didn't finish threw the zone of the release and the ball drifted pulling Hammoude of the bag. Bases Loaded! Ay yi yi. As I've said on this show before I don't have the nervous system for this stuff. Much easier to check Twitter and not be so emotionally invested.
Next batter doesn't hit for average but has five homeruns on the season so there's that. The battle ensues and turns out to be a ten pitch at bat with six foul balls before the climactic strike out. It was a big roar from the crowd. As excited as I was I did kinda feel bad for the girl who struck out.
Anyway, what a day.
You know, I've seen Utah play here before and their coach is kind of a softball Mulkey.
Go Beavs! Shock the softball world in the tournament!
It was a great day of weather, great fans and a great finish.
Now the drama part.
We had three hits after five innings and I was really concerned that we would lose this game and series to a team that is ten plus games under .500 for the season. It would have made us 1-9 at home (missed two with Stanford due to weather), losers of four home series and we would have finished behind Utah in conference and I think that scenario may have kept us out of the tournament.
I was frustrated with our futility at the plate. I did some quick research and learned that we scored a total of twenty-eight runs against uo and most of those runs came against their ace who has an era of 4. Meanwhile, were facing a team in Utah whose staff is all 5 or better and we muster two runs Thursday, two runs yesterday and are sitting at one run today after five innings.
Len Barker pitched a perfect game so you just never know.
So I'm sitting in the stands lamenting to myself why can't we wake up. Bottom six frosh Maia Rader is in the 9th spot and leads off and strikes out. Ugh. Then!
Shelby Weeks slap single
Jessica Garcia slap line drive up the middle
Camryn Ybarra walks
Frankie Hammoude hits the first pitch into the right center gap and clears the bases. Wow, I'm stoked. 4-2
But, they get to bat in top seven. Please 1,2,3. HAAAAAA, never. Single, ugh. Next batter hits a sharp one hop grounder to Hammoude at first and she tags the bag and throws out the runner at second. Yes! Two down! But wait, they still have one out. Next batter hits a weak grounder just past the reach of Mazon in the circle. Runner at first. Next batter hits a weak grounder by Mazon in the circle runners at first and second. Next batter hits a medium speed grounder to Rader at short which she has to charge and make a quick throw.
I am sitting first base side bleachers and am on the same plane as the throw. The throw had good velocity but she didn't finish threw the zone of the release and the ball drifted pulling Hammoude of the bag. Bases Loaded! Ay yi yi. As I've said on this show before I don't have the nervous system for this stuff. Much easier to check Twitter and not be so emotionally invested.
Next batter doesn't hit for average but has five homeruns on the season so there's that. The battle ensues and turns out to be a ten pitch at bat with six foul balls before the climactic strike out. It was a big roar from the crowd. As excited as I was I did kinda feel bad for the girl who struck out.
Anyway, what a day.
You know, I've seen Utah play here before and their coach is kind of a softball Mulkey.
Go Beavs! Shock the softball world in the tournament!
