Anthony starts off pitching for the 1st inning, and Hastings quickly gets the first 2 outs. There is now a man on second, with Mt. Seymour up to bat, and we get him out at first. There were 15 pitches thrown by Anthony.
Lets try to get some runs in the bottom of the 1st.
Taylor starts it off with a base hit, and Ryan strikes out by the Seymour pitcher, then Robbey. Anthony gets a base hit, then Keenan gets hit in the leg with a pitch-giving him a walk. Josh is next up to bat and he gets a base hit, making the score 1-0. Christian then gets a base on balls, and brings Katie (pinch runner for Anthony) in for another run. Christian gets out running to 2nd base, so the run scored by Keenan doesn’t count.
We get the first out by Robbey running up to get the bunt, and Ryan covering 1st to get the man out. The umpire obviously enjoyed that play because he yelled “OUT!” loud enough to make it echo through the trees. Three hits off Anthony makes the bases loaded, and a nice hit to center field brings in two runs for Mt. Seymour. The inning ends with a tie 2-2 score.
The bottom of the 2nd inning begins with my favourite song, Don’t Stop Believing or Midnight Train by Journey and this pumps up a lot of 80s rock fans. Three outs come quickly for Hastings, and we need to learn to hit off of tough pitchers.
The top of the 3rd starts off with great plays that gets no runs off of one hit for Seymour.
The bottom of the 3rd, starts off with a base hit for Robbey thanks to the sun in the short stop’s eyes. Immediately after, there is a double play for Seymour, clearing the bases. The pitcher strikes Keenan out, getting no runs for Hastings.
There’s a pitching change in the top of the 4th from Anthony to Shota, and right now there is one out with one man on second base. Shota catches a pop fly and gets the second out as Mt. Seymour bats again with the top of their batting order. A hard hit to Taylor catches it, and quickly throws it to first, but the umpire believed it was out. The first base man now stole 2nd, and there is a man on 2nd and 3rd. Ryan catches a fly for the 3rd out.
The bottom of the 4th starts off with Josh batting, and he gets out with Seymour’s pitcher. Maybe we should try bunting. Then, Taz stikes out. Shota is up to bat next, and he has a great hit to the fence, but Mt. Seymour catches it to get the last out.
It is now the top of the 5th inning, and the score is still 2-2. With some immense cheering from the Hastings side, thanks to Shota’s mom Tama, we get two outs fast. A walk to a heavy hitter from Shota, then Ryan gets the last out at second.
The bottom of the 5th starts off with a double down the left field line by Scott. Taylor hits, gets out at first but brings Scott to 3rd. Katie, subbing for Ryan, gets out on three bunt attempts, then Robbie… gets an out of the park home run! He brings in two runs, and the score is now 4-2 for Hastings. Anthony gets out at first for the last out. The Mt. Seymour pitcher is at 72 pitches.
Shota is still pitching at the top of the 6th, and there is now a man on first and second with no outs. Then Taylor, who has put on sunglasses in the sunny short stop position, catches the first out. A hard hit by a Seymour player makes the bases loaded. Robbey gets the second out, but the bases are still loaded. The Hastings crowd is cheering wildly for Shota, who stays in the game at an unknown amount of pitches. Shota walks in the 3rd run on some questionable umpire decisions, and this brings the score to 4-3 for Hastings. Then… Katie makes a great catch to take away a blooper to right field and Hastings win! It was a tough, scary game, but Hastings managed to pull through and the luck of the early games carry on.
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