The Padres played their 4th and best game of the season so far. The kids were fired up play good defense and good offense. And the coaches didn’t have to yell “Throw to the Pitcher” once this game.

This weeks Tuesday practice focused on catching and throwing the ball. 3 players throwing in a line to each other with the middle player catching and throwing as quick as they can to each end player. We also had them split up in to groups of 4 and threw the ball clockwise and counter-clockwise in a square. The last 15 minutes of practice we talked about defensive strategy to focus on making the smart play. I think it worked!

Christian has been on fire at the plate. He had a single in the 1st, another single in the 3rd and RBI single in the 5th. He’s been doing some strange batting stances in the last 2 games, but it’s working for him as he is hitting the ball on the 1st pitch almost every time. He almost had a great defensive play to throw the runner out to Brock at 2nd while playing pitcher. They were just a split second slow.

Zach P had an in the field home run for 2 RBI’s in the 1st. But our game MVP was Benji…He was responsible for 3 outs in the game. He tagged the runner at 3rd to end the bottom of the 3rd and he threw the runner out twice playing the pitcher position in the 4th.

We only played 5 innings because time ran out…I think the White Sox were thankful that the game ended. We held them to 1 run for the whole game. Our next game is this Saturday at 7 pm against the Braves. See you there.

Final Score: Padres 13 – White Sox 1