This was a very long day at the ballpark; we ended up being there almost 10 1/2 hours.
The Outlaws played the Demons in the first game at 12:15 p.m. In the field, Jack played two innings at third base. In the second inning, he handled a routine grounder and made a nice throw to first for the out. At the plate in the first inning, Jack hit a hard chopper to shortstop's right that he failed to handle cleanly. Cooper scored from third and Jack was safe at first. Jack walked on five pitches in second plate appearance in the third inning. Advancing on wild pitches, he eventually came around to score.
Primarily on the strength of 13 bases on balls, the Outlaws beat the Demons by a score of 15 to 3 in four innings.
The Outlaws played the River Bandits in the second game. Originally scheduled to start at 4:40 p.m., the game did not get underway until 5:18 p.m. In the field, Jack played two innings in center field and two innings at third base. In the third inning, he ranged far to his left in front of Cooper for grounder and made a nice throw on the run for the out at first base.
At the plate in the first inning, Jack walked on 6 pitches. He eventually came around to score. In the second inning, Jack ran the count to 3 and 2 and struck out swinging on a low inside pitch. In his third plate appearance in the fourth inning, he drove a grounder through the right side for single and a RBI.
Again, primarily on the strength of walks (10 total for the game), the Outlaws beat the River Bandits by a score of 14 to 2 in four innings.
The boys walked straight from that game to play their third game of the day against the Amigos. This was the first game of the day for the Amigos! The game got started at 7:20 p.m. Jack played two innings in left field and 1 2/3 innings at third base. He did not handle a ball.
Jack came in the fourth inning with two outs and pitched to two batters. He walked the first batter on sixth pitches and then struck out the second batter swinging on five pitches.
At bat in the second inning with the count at 2 and 1, Jack hit a hard chopper to the right side of the infield. The ball got past the pitcher. With Jack really hustling up the line and the pitcher and the second baseman trying to run down the ball, the throw by the second baseman was late and a little offline. Jack was safe at first. He eventually came around to score the first Outlaw's run of the game.
I now the official scorer for the team. I have gone back and forth about scoring this a hit versus an error; I ended up scoring it as a hit. At this level of play, my rule of thumb is that if it is routine hit to a player and mishandled, it is an error. If it is a difficult play to make, I am giving the batter a hit.
In his second plate appearance in the third inning with a 3 and 2, he fouled off a pitch and then drove one down the first base line that the first baseman handled cleanly for an out. Running the count to 3 and 2, Jack walked in this third at-bat in the fifth inning.
Leading 3 to 2 in the top of the fourth, the Outlaws gave up 8 runs in the bottom of the fourth and ended up losing by the score of 10 to 4 in five innings. The Outlaws only got two hits in the game. By the time, the game was over it was 9:15 p.m.
The Outlaws finished the day with 2 wins and 1 loss. There are nine teams in the tournament. Only four teams will advance out of the pool play to the play-offs.
The Outlaws have to be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. for an 8:00 a.m. game!
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