The Padres are hot…and so was the weather. We knew that going into this game that the White Sox were not a great defensive team or had consistent hitting. So we mixed up the in-field to see which players who don’t normally play in the hot spots do during a game situation. Players like Charlie at 1st Base, Teo at Short Stop, and Reece at 3rd. Regular infielders like Brock, Christian, Jordan and Zach P playing the Catcher position.

Christian has this habit of using other kids bats during games. It’s driving us nuts because he doesn’t use that bats we buy for him. Today he used a bat that was too big for him and it ruined his swing. He did ok at his 1st at bat hitting a single, had a sacrifice pop up in the 3rd inning to move the runner, struck out in the 4th and had a hit in the sixth but got thrown out at 1st. I’m going to show him the videos of why we shouldn’t experiment with unfamiliar bats during games.

He had a pretty good defensive game again, but a couple of the stops were not textbook plays. He stopped the ball at 2nd and almost threw the runner out in the 1st inning. A play he could have made if he had been in control of the ball. He had two 1-3 plays in the 3rd inning, although one them was saved by Zach W great stretch to catch the badly thrown ball. He had a 4-3 play in the 6th which he did a hollywood move that could have gone bad.

Charlie really stepped up his game tonight. His bat was solid and he made some good outs. Coach Kevin rewarded his awesome game by giving him the game ball.

Kameron was also a contender for the game ball with an inside the park home run and other good hits. We closed out the game in an hour and 15 minutes, but we got to hit 2 more times since we had time to spare. The Padres went on to score 26 runs with the extra innings. One of the White Sox coaches Matt and I talked after the game and he wished us luck in the playoffs. He thinks we can beat the Cubs and I agree.

We go to the Seattle Mariners game tomorrow evening who are playing an inter-league game against the San Diego Padres. It also happens to be Little League Day and we’ll get to march across the field in our Padres uniforms. Our next game is Sunday on Lynndale Field 1 at 5 PM against the Braves. Should be a good game. See you there.

Final Score: White Sox 3 – Padres 19 in regulation

White Sox 4 – Padres 26 in extra innings

The Padres are on a roll. What started out as a very close game ending up being a blow out for the boys in blue and white. The defense was solid and kept the guys in the entire game.

Christian had 4 hits including a triple in the sixth inning. He also was involved in a 5-4 out combination at 2nd base with Zach W at 3rd. Also had a nice 8-4-1 combo from Brock and Kameron to hold the runner at 3rd.

Teo had a 5-3 play from 3rd base with Zach P at 1st and got the game ball. Brock almost had a 4-3 double play followed by Reece with a nice catch at center field. Most of the players had nice outs during the game.

With score of 5 to 3 at the top of the sixth inning, the Padres bats came alive and scored 15 runs. Wow!! The runs just seemed to never stop.

Our next game is Sunday afternoon at 5:00 pm on Field 2 against the Red Sox. See you there!

Final Score: Padres 20 – Marlins 6