"Winning is the most fun you can have in sports!". Kevin, after the match.
Was at a management course today. Brought my kit and bat with me, and attempted to nonchalantly stow it in a corner.
Changed into softball gear and headed to Finsbury Park afterwards for our match against the Tecumsehs. We warmed up and practised for a bit beforehand, and prepared for the game.
And it was quite a game. Close, low-scoring start, with us building a reasonable lead. Good fielding and steady, effective batting did that for us. Then the dreaded One Bad Inning saw the Tecumsehs score seven and take the lead, due in part to our fumbles. Then we had a 'mare of an inning - three up, three down, no more runs scored. Short Stop Kevin rallied us, though, and we returned the favour next inning. But we still couldn't claw the lead back from them in our turn at bat. Another tense defensive inning ensued. Another shut out. So it came to our turn at bat again. Nail-biting tension as we lost two outs. Manjiv kept her head and batted her way onto base. Then Kevin came up to bat. And did us proud with a big hit bringing two base runners home with him and ending the match.
A great team performance, with Julian's pitching at its heart. I think we all played up to our abilities and, though we sometimes fumbled, we didn't make many tactical errors. For myself, fielding at Third I didn't have an outstanding game - I let myself be wrong-footed by the shorter distance to the batter than at Second, and misjudged a couple of balls. On the other hand, I batted 1.000 and made three runs - so that went pretty well. Looking forward to tomorrow's e-access meeting at the main library - news of a Loan Wolves win always seems to spread fast...
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6 comments:
Yay! Go Wolves. That's a brilliant result.
We were brilliant. I'd have been distraught had we lost. We were much better than them. Nothing like a last gasp victory.
Sounds like a great match - congratulations. Tecumsehs came down as well so must be pretty good.
When it works it works beautifully :)
Loan Wolves rock!!
p.s. I agree completely with Kevin, we were the better team and I'm glad we got that last minute victory. Makes it all the more rewarding and boosts team morale tremendously x
They only scored in 2 of 7 innings. That's some great defensive work!
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