Game #2

OK, I promise I wont narrate every baseball games this season, but they've been really exciting and Jamie seems to develop from game to game. So maybe I will, actually. You are warned.

Game 2 began promisingly with the first two batters on base, but things fizzled from there and we found ourselves down 6-0 going into the 4th inning. We got a couple and they got a couple so it was 8-2 going into the 5th. Now, remember that one can only score five runs in an inning so we needed to get within that going into the 6th to have a chance. We got two in the top of the inning and so needed to hold them in the bottom, which we did, in part thanks to Jamie, who has turned into a real contributor in the field. Earlier he played first base, which is a very important position at this level and made a great play. The ball was hit to his right and he moved off, stopped it, picked it up and hustled to the bag to get the kid by 1/4 of a stride. In this inning he was at the pitcher position and got the third out with a kid on base, so it was a huge play. What was great was it was pretty routine. Grounder came to him, he gobbled it up, made a perfect throw to first and got him by a mile. Easy peasy.

So then in the top of the 6th we came roaring back and scored 4 runs to tie it. Alas, a couple of close plays at first, including one on Jamie, kept us from nudging ahead. They got a player to second in the bottom of the inning and it went to two strikes on the batter who then hit a high pop fly which our shortstop heroically...almost caught. But there was still a play at the plate and the throw beat the runner there. But the catcher bobbled and he slid in. Game over, 9-8 and another heartbreaker for the Aggies. Can't say they don't give the fans their money's worth though.