It’s a gloomy day here at the ballpark, at an appalling 8:55 am, but the game starts off nicely with a beautiful rendition of the national anthem and the little league pledge. It was ended by a good luck “manly” handshake by Ian and a Prince George player. Let’s hope it doesn’t rain.
The top of the 1st inning starts off with a fantastic out of the park home run past the 208ft fence by Taylor. Unfortunately, there were no men on base as well. There are two great hits to the fence by Robbey and Anthony. This brings the score to 2-0 for Hastings. As if the game could not get any better, Josh smacks the second out of the park home run to make the score 6-0. Joe Mama is back! The hits continue to be great as we advance into the line-up.
Scott makes a dive over the 2nd baseman’s arm to get to second base, then Taylor gets a double to bring Scott home. Ryan is up next, and with a failed catch from the 3rd baseman, Ryan is safe at first, bring Taylor home to make the score 8-0. The top of the 1st inning ends with 8 runs on 7 hits, making the score an almost mercy.
The bottom of the 1st inning ends with Robbey pitching no runs by Prince George on 1 hit, with 1 man left on base. It has also began to drizzle, and the dedicated fans start to bring out their fleeces and blankets like the prepared Canadians they are.
In the top of the 2nd inning, Hastings continue to hit everything including the 3rd baseman, and many cars parked dangerously close to the diamond. We then bring in another 3 runs to make the score 11-0. This is maybe the best Provincial game yet for stealing and hitting.
At this point the score is 12-0. Speaking of hitting, Robbey has just hit an out of the park home run bringing in yet another 3 runs to make the score 15-0.
Taylor’s birthday homer has set the tone for this early baseball game.
It is now the top of the 2nd inning, and there is a pitching change from Robbey to Shota. The Hastings kids must be warmed up from last night in Keenan’s hotel room consisting of pillow fights for batting practice, wrestling for agility, video games (Halo) for focus, and farting competitions for endurance. They are also ready thanks to feast the mothers made.
Taylor is having a great (birthday) game, showing off his catching talent by making a diving, turn-around catch to get the 3rd out in the bottom of the
second.
The score is still 15-0 in the top of the 2nd inning… until Keenan gets an out of the park home run, again past the 208ft fence to make the score 16-0. Give us a break! The Hastings parents have barely sat down until Shota got another out of the park home run. The ball continues to land in the same spot past the fence. We are still batting in the top of the 2nd, and the score is now 19-0. The sun and blue skies are beginning to show their face as well.
Well as I was talking to my mom and grandmother about maybe Hastings should tone it down, my grandmother informs me that if there is a tie in the championship game, the most points win. That means that the more points that you receive in your games, you will win the tie. So White Rock already has a great advantage, from their first score of 32-0 against Prince George. This doesn’t really seem fair in my opinion, but I guess we have to keep going.
The top of the 4th inning ends off with the score is 21-0.
The bottom of the 4th starts and ends with another fast-reflexes catch by Taylor, and great pitches by Ryan. That's the ball game!
