Finally! Our softball came to play last night. We finally put together an offensive game (the first one) and a game where we never had the always famous 'bad defensive inning'.
For tournament, they combine two leagues into one bracket. We were 6th place team in our league out of 12 teams. Our first game was against the 11th place team from the other league. We were solid favorites in Vegas. We showed up and scored some runs today, good sign. We had our bad inning and some bad base running but won 13-5. Very nice.
The second game was very tight. We played the 3rd place team in the other league. We always play good defensive so we are in any game. After two innnings, it was 1-1. We then busted out for 3 runs and that was enough for the game. We ended up winning 4-3. We were visitors and in the last inning, we gave up 2 runs.
Erin Smith saved the game and played PHENOMENAL first base defense. She ended the game with jumping in the air to catch the ball thrown to her and she spun around in the air and tagged the guy out at before he got to first. Awesome play. MVP last night!
After the game, a little later, a couple guys dumped some ice down my back. What are they going to do three games from now...
Now, the league has not updated the bracket yet but there is a chance we are playing the 2nd place team from our league. We will be the underdogs but as long as we keep playing good defense, we can play with anyone.
As coach Norman Dale says "There’s a condition in tournament play; do not talk about the next step until you’ve climbed the one in front of you."
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