Softball Weeks 4 & 5

The last two weeks of softball have gotten our team back on track with winning, but we still have a ways to go. Week 4 consisted of a one run win in an extra inning against a tough team. We won 9-8. Sometimes it pays to be the home team! That was a tough and fun win. I like tough games like that and I like them better when we are the winner. The second game is one we knew we'd lose and we lost big 27-8. This week was a better story. We won the first game easily against a team we should always win against, but have lost the last several. It was nice to pull that win out. They are a good team, but we have most always been the better team. Great bunch, though. The second game was one we were sure we'd lose, but the game they played first caused a turn of events. The team we had just beaten played these guys between our games. The girl pitching for the team we were about to play took a line drive to the chin. She was rushed to the local hospital by another girl on the team which put them at 3 women. They were sure the two girls would be back in time for the next game against us, but they weren't so they had to forfeit. We played for fun and lost huge, but at least it counted as a win in the standings. That's 3 wins out of the last 4 games, which we can certainly use. Out of 6 teams, we have now moved from 5th to 4th. We have three games next Monday and two more to make up. It would be nice to move up at least one more notch.

I moved from number two batter to the number one spot and the team seemed to do better with that batting order this week. I tend to hit up the middle and with a runner on first, it's possible that I'm off a tad hitting to the shortstop or second baseman. This tends to get a lead runner out and doesn't advance anyone on base. The woman that was hitting first always gets on base with a hit to right field. We figured that switching that up would put me on first and get her to advance me while getting on herself. Instead of potentially one runner on, we get two runners on. It worked quite well last night and I'm sure we will continue that next week. My only other concern is having some strong male players next week. We had one of our best power hitters end his season early with a Monday night commitment, so I'm hoping we can get a player to pick up the slack. We shall see!