It was a heart breaker of a game for the Padres. 2 innings of cold offense did them in. The boys also didn’t play good defense and routine plays got bobbled. Almost everyone had defensive errors including our starters, who have always won the 1st inning.
In the regular season our starting in-field has kept the other team from scoring on us and our top of the batting order has always scored runs. That wasn’t so today. We let the White Sox score 5 runs and the Padres were only able to get one out. Thank goodness for the 5 run rule.
I think the 2 weeks of not having any games made the team rusty or the team was not fired up to play the White Sox. I give credit to the Sox for making good plays and scoring runs.
Christian flied out in the 1st inning, but drove in the 5th run in the 3rd and had a single to begin the 6th inning. Defensively he was responsible for 2 outs, but bobbled 3 plays as well. But he wasn’t the only one, our super stars Jordan, Brock, Zach P, Zach W, Sam and Kameron all missed opportunities to get the out.
Christian also celebrated his 9th birthday today. The team sang Happy Birthday before the game started and we gave cupcakes to all the kids after the game.
Since we lost our first playoff game, we will be on the long track to the championship. We will play the Marlins on Saturday the 7th at 9:00 AM. If we win, we play on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and 2 games on Saturday for the championship. The team has the ability to be the champion and has proved that they are ones to beat during the regular season. Lets hope they put it together on Saturday.
Final Score: White Sox 13 – Padres 11
