Chili Peppers

We started off slow, got going in the middle and then ended slower than we started. The first game we played a team that was pretty young and we beat them 21-5. Our hitting was weak at the beginning but then we had it going the last couple of innings. All 4 homeruns(Lauren,2 by Haley L., and Taryn) came in the last 2 innings. Our defense had them shut-out till the last inning when we got a little sloppy. The second game we played that day was one of our better games though we got beat 14-22(we ended up getting the win because the other team forfeited when it was found out they had girls older than the rules allowed). Our defense was pretty good and we put the ball in play a lot. But some of their older players could play good defense and hit the ball b=pretty hard. Nikki had a good game with a triple and homerun and 6 RBI. The next day we came back to play in the championship game and we had one of our worst and unlucky games we have played all season. The streaks started the game scoring 7 runs without hitting it out of the infield. They hit balls in the right spot and we had a problem just hitting the ball. We had 7 strikeouts to their 2(that's almost 2 innings worth of extra outs). The 1st and 5th inning we were outscored 2-14 and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings we were outscored 9-11. Jessica(3 for 3, homerun), Lauren(2 for 2, homerun), Taryn , Ashlee, Marissa, Maggie, and Toni were perfect from the plate. For our first tournament we did pretty good. We kept getting down and had to battle back and just dug to big of a hole at the end. I am proud of how every girl played. Coach Dale.