Spring Game 3 – March 29th versus the French Kicks

Bryce had another big day at the plate!

The second game of our spring season took place on a beautiful spring day—just about ideal weather. & the results were reminiscent of our dominating run through the 2014 summer league, as we beat the French Kicks 31 to 2.

Zeb had a great day at the plate & with Matt & Colin both out, filled in ably at short

The French Kicks were not used to playing softball, this much is certain. They were a game bunch, though. When the umpire gave them the chance to invoke the mercy rule down 21 to zip after 4 innings, they proclaimed without hesitation that they wanted to keep playing. The game was called after 5, simply because we ran out of time before the next scheduled contest.

Emily K & Triffid - both had great games

While the French Kicks weren’t competitive, most of our hits—& there were a lot of them!—were clean, & we hit with plenty of power, as Bryce, Zeb & Triffid all contributed home runs. In fact, not to put too fine a point on it, but Bryce hit 4. He would have hit more I suspect, but he only got 4 at bats. Zeb was a single short of the cycle, & Triffid was 4 for 4, with a double in addition to the 2-run homer that concluded our scoring.

Hayden at catcher - 2 hits & a nice catch on a pop up

As anyone could guess, there were a whole lot of 4 for 4s, 3 for 3s & 3 for 4s up & down the line-up. Harrison continued her on-base string with 3 singles & a walk, & 4 runs scored. Yours truly even came through with a 3 for 3 on three clean singles, & six players had at least one extra base hit.

Mark at first & Gustav at second - & a French Kick on second base, which was a rare sight

There wasn’t a lot to write about in terms of defense, as the French Kicks were, to be truthful, weak hitters. In fact, there was not a single put out made by one of our outfielders, & they only managed nine hits, with a few of those being on swinging bunts. Emily K, who had a really solid day in her debut with the team, made the one really challenging play; a hard ground ball down the third base line that she snagged in the top of the 5th (the one inning in which they scored) & got a force at second. I should also mention that Hayden made a nice catch of a pop-up from her position at catcher—pop ups at catcher are never that straightforward.

Ariel chipped in with two hits!

It was great to have Emily K & Mitchell both making their debuts, & both contributed offensively. Emily K was 3 for 3 with a walk, & also had a double, while Mitchell was 3 for 4. Ariel also has been out for two of the first three games, & she had two hits, including an rbi. Really you could go up & down the line-up because there were solid contirbutions everywhere.

Cameron also had a fine day at the plate

For some reason I didn’t get any photos when we were at bat, but I did get some when we were in the field! Keeping the scorebook with that many hits & runs was kind of engrossing.

Emily H in right center - there wasn't much action in the outfield on Sunday!

I may post later in the week if we manage to get a practice in, but no game scheduled for next Sunday, so I’ll play it by ear. Great game, everybody!