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The Phantoms win an intense game against a very good opponent. Harbor Square came out firing to get 5 runs in the 1st inning. With the cards stacked against us, I fired up the Phantoms and they took the lead in the 3rd inning. For the most part I like to observe games and let the kids play baseball, but sometimes you have to motivate the players when they are down. I really believe that these kids can win any game as long as they believe in themselves!<\/p>\n
The game should have ended at the top of the 5th due to time, but the umpire in chief said that we should play until lights out. Unless it’s tournament time, I think we need get the kids home on a school night.<\/p>\n
Our bats remain our biggest asset as we had 11 hits, 9 walks, 8 RBIs and 9 runs. We were pretty aggressive on bases and Chris got thrown out at second by their catcher. We backed off on the delayed steal for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n
Defensively we had a couple mistakes on the field, but we managed to get some good plays. Chris got a 6-4 play with Christian in the 1st inning. Christian had a 4-3 play with Reilly in the 2nd. Alex R had a 2-1 play with Chris to end the top of the 3rd. Alex R also had a 2-1 play with Christian to end the game.<\/p>\n
We had an incredible double play to get 2 outs in the top of the sixth. Ryan caught a line drive at shortstop, threw to Alex B at first base who then threw to Alex R at catcher. Alex R proceeded to chase down the runner back to third and tossed the ball to Ian for the tag out. 6-3-2-5 DP!! That was awesome baseball! <\/p>\n
Benji started us off pitching the 1st and got in trouble early. Harbor Square has some big bats and got 5 big hits off him. Chris came in the pitch the 2nd and 3rd facing 8 batters with 25 strikes, 4 strikeouts, 3 hits, 0 walks and 2 earned runs. Jordan pitched the 4th and 5th facing 7 batters with 18 strikes, 6 strikeouts, 0 hits, 1 walk and 0 earned runs. Christian closed out the game, but wasn’t consistent and got 3 hits, walked 3 batters and 1 earned run.<\/p>\n
Jack was our MVP of the game. He hit the ball all 3 times he was at bat. Jack drove in a run in 2nd for a sacrifice RBI, a 2 RBI single in the 3rd and a single in the 5th. <\/p>\n
Since we didn’t complete the game, the score had reset back to the previous innings score and we won the game! We are now 8-2 for the season and look pretty good to get things worked out before the start of the playoffs. <\/p>\n
Our next game is Saturday, May 1st, 2010 against Interbay Foods on Lynndale Field 2 at 7:00 pm. See you there! Go Phantoms!<\/p>\n
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