You win some...you lose some.

After our great game on June 22, the boys were pumped to pay another game that very same week on June 24. Unfortunately, the outcome was not nearly as favorable. No one is quite sure of the final score but it was somewhere in the 17-5 range. Both the boys did fine and even scored a few runs, but the overall effort was difficult to watch at times.

This weeks game was a little closer, but still needed improvement. We lost 9-3, but Alex scored two out of the three runs. Our other run was scored when our catcher Jake hit the first official homerun of the season--way to go Jake! Only two more game to go (7/6 & 7/9) and then the boys have to decide whether or not to play Fall Ball in O'Fallon with some of their teammates. If they do decide to play, I will post that schedule once I get it.

We are planning on heading up to the Lake this weekend for the 4th of July holiday, hopefully it doesn't rain on us again. The last weekend we went up, we got stuck out on the lake in a torrential downpour. My Mom, Bill, and Uncle Richie are going up as well, and we plan on bumming around Hannibal for awhile while Richie races in a 10K race on Saturday morning. Saturday night we will be watching the fireworks that are shot off the dam, although we still haven't decided whether we will be watching them from the boat or from dry land, either way it should be a fun weekend!

Best Game So Far...

Despite it being 100 degrees outside, the boys probably had their best game of the season last night. It was a good game for both teams and the score went back and forth the whole game. We were the home team and were down 13-10 going in to our half of the last inning. Alex was due up 4th and Brady 6th, so I wasn't even sure they would get to bat again. Still down 13-12 and with two outs, Alex came up to bat and walked, the next batter and a wild throw advanced him to third. Brady came up and hit a double to score Alex who was the tie run and then Brady scored the winning run on a ground ball, making the final score 14-13 WOOHOO! We still have one more game this week on Wednesday June 24, but its not until 8:00 so hopefully it will be a little cooler by that time.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

So this week's baseball game was again rained out, and the make up game has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 24 at 8:00 pm at Dardenne-Field #1. Also the make up game from the rain out on June 3rd has been reset for Thursday, July 9 at 8:00 pm at Fireman's Park in Wentzville. Hopefully all the rain will stop and we can get some of these games in. The boys are having baseball withdrawls.

****Note: The July game has again changed since my original Post, it is now Thursday July 9 at 8 at Fireman's Ballpark in Wentzville*****

Baseball Catch Up

So I got a little behind with updates about the boys' baseball season, so I will try to catch up. The boys had a game on 5/18, which they won although I'm not exactly sure what the score was since its been awhile, but I think it was 15-10 ish. The game on 5/22 was a make up game from a rain out earlier in the season. Unfortunately, the other team did not get the message and did not show up so it ended up being a forfeit. We still may end up playing it at some point if the schedule permits, since its really no fun for all the boys not to play.

The game on Monday 6/1 was a baseball butt kicking, unfortunately we were the butt and not the foot. It was a really good team who score the max of 7 runs in each inning they played. We could not get them out, nor could we hit their pitching. Alex and Brady did walk both times they batted, but it was a lost cause. We lost 21-9 and we were lucky we ended up with nine, up until the last inning we had only scored 2, but then the other team changed pitchers and we ended up scoring the maximum 7 runs making it 21-9, which sounds a little better than 21-2. The game yesterday was rained out, even though by game time it wasn't raining at all and the sun had actually come out. I don't know when that game will be made up yet but I'll keep you posted.