Game 13 - Sat 5.10 - L

On Saturday, we met the Raiderettes for the 3rd time this season. Could this have been one of the more exciting games so far? Although we, lost this one again, the game was a see-saw battle until the end with lead changes at almost every inning. Good stuff.

FINAL SCORE
Whos: 11
Raiderettes: 12

RECAP
To lead things off, Gaby got on base with a walk and, a couple of steals later, Mari hit the ball and was thrown out at 1st, but not before Gaby crossed the plate. Jade then got on base with a double, then stole 3rd. Destinee walked and placed runners on 1st and 3rd. Angelica, with a rare hit got herself on base and drove Jade in. Finally, Kas closed the side with a hit to the outfield, which she managed to turn into a triple driving Destinee and Angelica in to put up 4 points for the inning.

Jade at pitcher, after striking out the 1st batter, took a few tosses to find her groove. The Raiderettes hit a double, then a walk put runners on 1st and 2nd and a steal then advanced the Raiderettes to 2nd and 3rd. The next batter hit the ball to the outfield and bought the Raiderettes enough time to score 2. Finally, 2 quick plays at 1st – one by Destinee to Gaby, then another by Jade to Gaby - shut the Raiderettes attack down, holding them to 2 for the inning.

Coming back up to bat, the Whos knew they had to hold their lead. Cambria walked then stole her way to 3rd. It looked like the Whos were going to go scoreless as Shelbey struck out. Casey was hit by a ball and walked, then Hylah struck out herself. But Allison connected and booked down the 1st base line to finish her run with a Pete Rose slide into 1st to get on base, getting Cambria across home plate – Holy Cow! Unfortunately that was to be the only run of the inning as Gaby struck out for 3.

Shelbey took her 1st turn at the rubber and also took some time to find a groove. There were some strike outs in the mix, but there were also some hits and walks which saw the Raiderettes close and take over the lead. A good play by Kas to Gaby (at 1st again) got the Whos an out, but the Raiderettes were able to hit the max 4 for the inning to close it out.

On the Whos next offensive turn, the Raiderettes started to struggle at the rubber and after a couple of strike outs, they gave up their lead by allowing the Whos to score 4 on walks getting ahead of the Raiderettes by 3.

Shelbey’s 2nd turn as pitcher was a carbon copy of the Raiderettes as a couple of strike outs were mixed in, but ultimately the Raiderettes scored four regaining the lead by 1.

Going into the 4th, Allison led us off and got another hit on the day to recreate her spectacular Pete Rose slide from the 1st inning. Then Gaby struck out but Mari got on base with a walk putting runners on 1st and 3rd. Jade, on her turn, made contact with the ball and put it in the outfield for a double bringing 2 runners home and taking the lead once again, but that would be all for the Whos in the 4th as Kas struck out for the 3rd out of the side.

Bottom of the 4th, the Whos leading by 1, the Raiderettes up to bat. Walk, hit for runners on 1 and 2. Then, a hit to right field caused enough confusion on the Who defense for the Raiderettes to score the winning run and close out the game.

GAME BALL
The game ball for this game went to Angelica, for working through the season so far with too heavy of a bat, Angelica finally got one that she was comfortable with and got us a hit that drove Jade in for a score. Good job Angelica!