Tough loss for the Phantoms…I think we had a few questionable calls at the plate calling balls and strikes favoring the opposing team. Definitely had some bad calls on the field. But we just need to focus on making our plays on the field and taking advantage when we are at bat. If we do that, we can win just about any game and the officiating isn’t a factor.
Offensively in this game our 1-8 guys are getting on base and scored all the runs. But the bottom of our lineup is going down 1-2-3. Defensively our players are playing tentative and missing routine plays. Our green players are costing us runs. Hopefully we can work with them and get their game in order.
In the past 2 years Christian has batted in the middle of the lineup. But I’ve moved him up to 2 to take advantage of his speed on the bases. He’s batting 333 right now and making good choices on the plate.
Christian didn’t get to do much at the plate. He worked his friend Gabe to a 3-2 count and walked in the top of the 1st. In the top of the 3rd he got put on base with 4 straight balls and stole home when he got to 3rd base.
He and shortstop Chris had another 6-4 play to get the 2nd out of the 1st inning. Those are starting to become regular plays for those two.
In the bottom of the 4th inning (our last due to time) we made a mental mistake and tried to get the runner at 2nd and let the runner at 3rd score. If we would have taken care of the ball and got the 3 outs, we would have won the game 4-3 because the score would have reverted back to 2nd since we were tied in the 3rd. Oh well…
Our next game is Saturday evening at 7:00 pm on Lynndale Field 2 against team Windermere. Christian’s teammate Michael from the Red Dragons from a couple years ago is on that team. See you there!
Final Score: Coldwell 7 – TE Briggs 8
