Mark’s (Mostly) Softball Blog

Balls of Fury dominated a rematch with our league’s only undefeated team in a rainout delayed game Wednesday night.  As the visitors we had to bat first, and maybe it was the beer, or the nice weather, but bat we did.  We had 18 batters come up to the plate en route to scoring 12 runs to start the game off right.  We gave back 3 runs in the bottom half of the inning to make the score 12-3 after the first inning.  In the second inning the bats slowed down a bit as we managed to only score 3 runs and our opponents started to find their bats a bit as they put up 5 runs to make the score 15-8.

In the third inning the defenses showed up for both teams as neither side was able to score any runs.  In the fourth inning we put up 2 more runs to extend our lead to 9 before our opponents scored 3 to make the score 17-11.  In the fifth we refound our first inning magic as we managed to bat around the order again and put up 8 runs to make the score 25-11.  In the bottom of the fifth our opponents started to rally getting their first 8 runners on base before we recorded an out.  Everyone buckled down after getting that first out and though we gave up 7 runs, we took advantage of their agressive base running to end the game at 25-18.

The win makes the Balls of Fury record for the Spring Season 5-3 and secured a second place finish in the league.  This was also the first time our opponent had lost during the season.  Our opponent had given up a total of 27 runs through 6 games prior to us hanging 25 on them last night.  The 12 runs in the first inning were more runs than they had given up in any of the six previous games.

Balls of Fury ran their winning streak to 3 with a 17-11 victory last Wednesday night.  The first inning started off well enough as we managed to hit enough to get a 3-2 lead.  In the second inning our opponent took the lead back with 7 runs to take a 9-3 lead.  In the bottom half of the inning we answered with 7 runs of our own, including Mike coming through with a 3 run homerun to take the lead 10-9.  In the third the defense held our opponent scoreless and in the bottom half of the inning we scored 4 more runs to extend our lead to 5.

In the fourth inning we gave up two runs to reduce our lead to 3 before we scored 3 of our own runs in the bottom half of the inning to make the score 17-11.  In the fifth both teams were unable to score the run and with time running out the defense held the opponents scoreless for the third inning of the game to secure the 17-11 victory.  The win makes Balls of Fury record 4-3 on the season heading into a rainout makeup game this week.

Up Dawg dropped the last game of the Spring 1A season in a 15-14 hearbreaker last Monday.  The game started off well as we put up 3 runs in the first inning and gave up only 2 in the bottom half of the inning to hold onto a 1 run lead.  In the second inning the bats kept ringing up the hits as we scored 5 more runs and gave up only one run to make the score 8-3.  In the third the hits kept coming,  as we scored five more runs to extend the lead to 13-3 before giving up a single run in the bottom of the third.

In the fourth, we were unable to score any more runs then in the bottom half of the inning, the Bad News Bears Inning struck again.  We gave up 10 runs to find ourselves behind for the first time 14-13.  In the fifth we managed to tie the game at 14 but we gave up one run in the bottom of the inning to make the final score 15-14.  The loss dropped Up Dawg’s record to 4-2 on the season and created a 3 way tie for first in the league.

After a slow start, the defensive came alive and spurred by a 7 run third inning, Balls of Fury powered their way to a 19-8 victory Wednesday night.  In the first inning we managed to put up 4 runs but gave up 5 in the bottom half of the inning to trail by one.  In the second inning we managed to put up a couple of more runs to take the lead back but gave both runs back and found ourselves down 7-6.

In the third inning the bats came to life as we put up 7 runs to take the lead back 13-7.  The defense returned in the bottom half of the inning as we held our opponents scoreless even with Q’s amazing leaping non-throw at second.  In the fourth inning we put up three more runs to extend our lead to 16-7 and the defensive gems continued for another inning.  In the fifth inning we scored another 3 runs to score 13 straight runs and give up only one run in the bottom of the inning to make the final score 19-8.  The win levels the Balls of Fury record at 3-3 for the season.

A strong all-around game from Up Dawg led to a 17-4 victory this past Monday.  The game got off to a quick start as we managed to put up 3 runs to start the game and a steller defensive effort kept our opponents scoreless.  In the second inning the bats continued to roll as we placed 5 more runs up on the scoreboard but an big error by yours truly allowed 2 runs to score which made the score 8-2. 

In the third inning the hits kept coming as we scored 4 more runs and another defensive gem of an inning kept the score at 12-2.  In the fourth we put up 4 more runs before giving up 2 in the bottom half of the inning to make the score 16-4.  In the fifth inning we only scored one run but the defense held again to make the final score 17-4.  The win moves the Up Dawg record for the season to 4-1 and sets up a showdown for the league title next week.