Wow!  What a game!  This was the most exciting game of the season so far.  Great Defense and Great hitting by both teams.

Christian had a great game.  He play well defensively and showed patience at the plate.  He walked in the 1st inning, hit a single in the 3rd & got a run, struck out in the 4th and walked in the 6th.

He got a 4-6 play with Zach at short to close out the top of the 2nd inning with bases loaded.  In the top of the 4th, playing left field he started a 7-6-5 play with Chris at short and Charlie’s first out ever at third.

Team Windermere had some big bats with a lot of hits to outfield.  But the Phantoms were right in there getting on base, stealing and driving in runs.  Our team was hitting well!

Our next game is the first of 2 back to back games.  Friday evening April 24th at 7:00 pm on Lynndale Field 2 against team Bennett & Bennett.  See you there!

Final Score: Windermere 9 – Coldwell 10

The Phantoms are starting to fire on all cylinders.  Great pitching, improving defense and the bats are finally alive!  Starting pitcher Alex pitched 4 solid innings for the win.

Christian is getting better at bats, he’s being more aggressive and starting make better choices.  He did strike out at the bottom of the 1st inning because he couldn’t lay off the high pitches.  But his next three were a lot better.  He walked in the bottom of the 2nd.  In the bottom of the 3rd inning he hit a single for 2 RBI’s.  Finally walked in the 5th.

He got the second half of a 6-6-4 double play at the top of the 4th inning with Christopher at short catching a pop fly.

It was good to see former Padres/Dodgers teammate Benji catching.  He was taking the job of catcher seriously and threw that helmet off at every chance.  He also pitched an inning.  Great job Benji!

Our next game is Wednesday at 5:00 pm on Lynndale Field 2 against Christian’s friend Gabe’s team TE Briggs.  See you there!

Final Score: Point B 5 – Coldwell 14

The Phantoms had a Great game last night even if they didn’t win!  We’ve had outstanding pitching from our starters the last 2 games.  This was our first game on the softball diamond at Edmonds-Woodway High School.  The entire field features Field-Turf  which means the ball moves fast, so the defense needs the react quickly or the runners advance extra bases.  We play 3 more times on this field.

Christian didn’t do much this game on both sides of the plate.  He misplaced his athletic support and wore his plastic cup without it.  I think it might have caused him to not play his best because he looked like he needed to go to the bathroom out on the field.

Zach pitched an awesome game.  He’s finally starting to settle into pitching from the mound.  This game was really a pitchers duel as it was a low scoring game.

When the other team managed to hit the ball, they hit it right to our rookies who didn’t make the right play.  Can’t really fault them, but it’s cost us in every game so far.  In this game Pacific Trust managed to get 2 inside the park home runs.

The fast field also caused problems for the other team as the Phantoms managed to steal home 3 times in the top of the 3rd inning.  I did video the game, but I believe my battery died before that play.  I’ll have to check when I have time to review.

Our next game is Saturday at 1:00 pm on Lynndale field 2 against former teammate Benji’s team Point B.  See you there!

Final Score:  Coldwell 3 – Pacific Trust 4

Zach pitching.

Delivering the ball to home plate.

Bat Boy BJ!

The Phantoms came out to play this evening and had their best game yet!  There’s still a lot of room for improvement even if we had good pitching and made some good plays on the field.

BJ was our bat boy this evening and he did a great job!  He took his job seriously and was out there ready to get the bat after every play.  When the Phantoms were on defense, he go play with his friends Tygan and Cole.  But he was back at the top of every inning.  Go Brandon!

Christian went 2 for 3 this game.  He hit a line drive right to the pitcher in the 1st, a soft hit to the left side for an RBI in the 3rd and a single in the 5th.

He let a couple hard line drives get through him at defense, but they were hit pretty hard by the opposing team.

It was good to see Brock and Kameron tonight.  This was their only their 2nd game as their previous 4 got rained out.  I heard that Coach Kevin is the night manager at Costco, so he couldn’t make it out to the game.

Our starting pitcher Eric pitched an awesome game, Matt hit a hard double at the top of the 3rd and rookie catcher Noah tagged the runner to close out the side in the bottom of the 5th.  Noah got the game ball.

Our next game is this Thursday, 6:00 pm at Edmonds-Woodway HS against Pacific Trust.  Their manager was the guy who called the league official in the middle of our playoff game a few years ago.  Oh joy…  See you there!

Final Score: Coldwell 8 – Olympic Paving 4

Bat Boy BJ!