Up Dawg Hangs on for 8-6 victory
Up Dawg managed to hang on for an 8-6 victory over their friends Yabba Grabba Brew Monday night. Our opponents started off the game with a leadoff double that they managed to turn into the first run of the game. We managed to answer back in the bottom of the first with two runs of our own to take our first lead of the game at 2-1. In the second the defense held our opponents scoreless and we managed to score 2 more runs to extend the lead to 3. In the third inning, both team’s defenses were spectacular as both sides went 3 up and 3 down.
In the fourth inning, our defense continued to excel marking the third straight inning without giving up a run and in the bottom of the fourth inning we managed to place three more runs on the board to make the score 7-1. In the fifth inning the defense continued to shine as we recorded the fourth straight inning without giving up any runs. In the bottom of the fifth we managed to push across another run to extend our lead to 7 with two innings left to play.
In the sixth inning, neither team was able to score any more runs so our opponents came up for a seventh and final inning. Finally our opponents bats started to come to life as the put up 3 quick runs before recording their first out of the inning. After another out they put two more runs together before we were able to record the final out of the game with the final score of 8-6. The win puts the Up Dawg record for the Summer I season at 2-2.