This is a game the Phantoms would have won if they had been able to complete the game. Due to a game duration rule technicality, the 6th inning wasn’t completed and we lost the game.

The Phantoms held the lead for most of the game, but TE Briggs took advantage of a couple errors made and had the lead in the 4th inning. But we fought back to overtake them 10 – 8 in the top of the sixth.

We should have had the time to complete the game since we started the 6th at 8:38. TE Briggs took their sweet time to change out 3 pitchers in the sixth so we couldn’t field. We were going to purposely strike out our guys once we had the lead to get to the bottom half, but by then it was too late by then since we had 4 minutes left. The ump called the game at 8:55 sharp and the game reset to the previous score.

In my mind, the team Coldwell Banker won the game. They just didn’t have a game to play the next day. Even Coach Ryan of 3D Roofing was surprised of the outcome and would have had us complete the game had he been there since we still had 10 minutes left before the lights shut out.

Christian has grown into a great defensive player this year. I’d say at this point, he’s better at defense than at offense. He did turn it on during the playoffs and got out of his hitting slump.

In this game, he was solid on the field. He was responsible for 2 outs and could have had 4 outs. One of those could have been a single person double play. Instead he went for the safe play and threw the runner out at 2nd in the 1st inning. The other was a 6-4 play with Zach in the 3rd. The missed play had the shortstop over throw the ball over Christian’s head which would have been a sure out.

Christian struck out his first at bat looking. This ump had a really big strike zone and made it know to all she was in charge of the game. His 2nd at bat was a line drive to the 3rd baseman and was an amazing catch. His last at bat was hit to the shortstop and was thrown out 6-3. It was a good play since Christian is really fast.

I’m thinking of signing him up for Fall baseball to get some more looks before next year. Also might look at signing him up for a couple summer baseball camps with the First Swing organization. Finally I’m contemplating on taking a head-coach position for a minors team next year. We’ll see how he feels after another summer of Skyhawks sports camps.

It was a privilege to coach the Coldwell Banker Phantoms this Spring. This club had all the pieces and became a really great team at the end of the season. It was a nice run and I hope next years team is just as fun!

Final Score: Coldwell 5(10) – TE Briggs 8

Coldwell Player Season Stats

What a great game! The Phantoms are on a roll and are believing in themselves. They really are the team to beat. The boys take a nail biter game 3 in the playoff race and are looking more confident in each game.

Christian was the MVP of the game. He finally broke out of his hitting slump and drove in the game winning run. Went 2 of 3 at bats this game. He seems to always step it up for the tournaments and comes through in both defense and offense.

The club is picking off runners on the base pads, throwing strikes and in general not making big mistakes. The Phantoms also have a deep pitching rotation. We can use 1 pitcher per inning in a complete game and get great if not outstanding pitching.

Team Coldwell awaits the outcome of Friday’s match-up between Gabe’s team TE Briggs and Benji’s team Point B. We match up very well against both teams. Our next game will be Saturday evening at 7:00 pm against the winner. See you there!

Final Score: Windermere 5 – Coldwell 6

These are the games you hope to play every time. Evenly matched good teams playing solid baseball. 3D Roofing has gone undefeated through the whole season. Except for the top of the 1st inning, the Phantoms held the Blue Devils to 3 runs or none.

Christian is finally hitting again and had a great single at the top of the 1st. He is such a fast aggressive runner, that it can get into the other teams psyche. His voice in the dugout also came back as a result and he leads most of the cheers. The quiet non-talkative team of the last couple games is now gone.

He’s been solid again at defense. Had another 4-3 out and almost had a couple outs with base runners not paying attention.

The Phantoms had a great game and played 6 complete innings in 1:45. If we could have taken care of the baseball in the first, we would have won the game. 5 runs in an inning is a lot of runs to give up. 3D looked scared when the score was 8-7 at the bottom of the 5th.

We are now playing in the lower bracket and will play up to 7 games the in the next 8 days if we stay alive. Our next game is Thursday at 5:00 pm against team Windermere on Field 2. See you there.

Final Score: Blue Devils 10 – Phantoms 7