1st Inning
Brian pitches the first inning. Nate caught the ball! Not fast enough to get to first. But he gets first out. Kelli just about caught a high and pretty. Two runs scored by the Independents.------------------------------------
Nate gets to first. Becki gets out, but we still love you Becki and you still love softball, for pete's sake. Kyle brings the ball over the fence! And then? Home run! Two runs scored by Russ'. Julie walked to first, Dan went to first also.
2nd Inning
Its Jason's turn to pitch. Becki gets the first out, Dan catches a high and pretty. ------------------------------------
Mike and Sarah strike out fairly quickly. Jason gets to second base (in sports, people!), Melissa strikes out. Neither team wins any points.
3rd Inning
Brian is back to pitching. He... doesn't take it completely well. "Butler. You're pitching the rest of the game," he exclaimed. Dan and Melissa both made great catches, which I know is absolutely compelling to read about when I have no visuals to demonstrate, but, trust us: they were good. Grace then wrote on the notes: "Think Dan gave B(rian)T(enBrock) a heart attack. 'Sarah, don't get hit by the bat!'"------------------------------------
Brian gets to third. Becki gets out. Devan gets to first. Julie out. John out. I think someone got a run in this inning, but, I don't know who. Just... give it to yourself, gentle reader. Congratulations. The inning closed out, 2-3, Russ' favor.
4th Inning
Butler gets the first out. Kelli makes a good catch, and Julie does the splits to get the last out. Yoga in the ballfield? (That's my commentary, not Grace's.)------------------------------------
A few people made it up to bat, and most didn't score. Fine. I can repeat this for every inning, for every game, even the good ones. What made this inning special was this: we were playing, when suddenly we heard a player yell "whose kid is this?" Out by the outfield, one of Brian's kids had found a small hole in the fence, climbed through and was now on the playing field. He was quickly escorted out, to the amusement of everyone. Nate, Sarah and Kyle all make it home, ending the inning 2-6.
5th Inning
Brian is pitching again, and is one big basket of nerves. Julie advises him to "shake it off." So, Brian does some shaking there on the pitcher's mound. Good. for. him. Julie does the splits, again. Showoff. Kelli makes one good catch, prompting Grace to write "WTB Kelli!" A long story short: The Independents score a lot of runs.------------------------------------
Mike walks to second. Julie strikes out, same with Jason. Mike the makes it home, so, good job Mike! Kelli gets out, closing the inning 6-7, Russ' favor. (I have to say, I was busy taking pictures and video that I never really noticed that we were winning for a couple innings. That's pretty cool!)
6th Inning
Melissa catches a foul ball, proving her dedication to catching no matter what. Kyle gets the second out, and then dives for the third. The other team scores one run total.------------------------------------
Brian strikes out. Same with Devan and John. Melissa makes it to first base, while Sarah gets to home. (Sometimes, I wish baseball terms weren't used as metaphors for dating. You can read this all totally the wrong way!) Inning ends 7-8, Russ' favor.
7th Inning
Brian doesn't want to pitch, because, this is how he is. There's some good teamwork on the field to get some outs, even through the other team scores two runs, bringing them into the lead. The same kid who walked out into the field almost got injured by a stray pop up ball. Poor kid.------------------------------------
Becki gets out. Nate gets out. Julie gets out. Just like that. And the game ends, Independents 9, Russ' 8.
Next Week
June 24: vs. Southside Party Store, 6:15 p.m. (V)
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