Logan Hits the Winning Ball!

What a game! I have never been so excited/nervous at one of my kid's games before. I was literally about to puke I was so nervous.

Last night Logan's team played the Diamond Kings in a late night baseball game. It didn't start until 7:15, and as most know, that is pretty late to feel fresh enough to play a good game for a 6 year old boy.

The other team has only lost one game, as have we, to the same team, the Dodgers. We were the home team on a chilly, breezy spring evening. The DKs were up at bat first and scored 6 runs! We followed, but only had 3 runs. I missed a few plays as I was taking my daughter to the port-o-potty, which I despise.

Their boys played some good defense. They were quite efficient at throwing and catching the ball. One of the first plays was a hit to short, which he fielded and threw very hard and accurate to first. The first baseman caught the ball and made the out. I knew in that first inning it was going to be a long, hard game.

Logan played the whole game at the pitcher's position. He did a great job of being aggressive on defense. Even making some diving stops in front of the machine! He and his first baseman are getting good at reading each other and are starting to anticipate one another. The first baseman also made a lot of good plays as the ball was often hit towards him and he could scoop it up and tag the base ahead of the runner.

The middle of the game was fairly even with both sides scoring.

The exciting part was the end of the game. We were down by one run with a man on first and second. Logan was up to bat. I was so nervous because his last at bat he struck out. He did not show any fear. He just walked up to the plate and crushed the ball. It is a small field, but he hit it so hard it landed in the grass, took one bounce and hit the fence! The two runners scored and we were ahead by one run. Scott stopped Logan at second because he thought that was the game.

Everyone from our team ran the field and lifted Logan up in celebration! The fans were on their feet cheering! What a close game.

But was it?

There was only one out and the head umpire came and trumped the field umpire saying the game was not over. There were about 10 min. left to play. We all thought that the rules were 6 innings or 1 hour 15 min. We were in the bottom of the 6th inning. The head umpire, who is the dad of one of our coaches, said the rules are 7 innings or 1 hr. 20 min. So, Logan got back on second and we continued to play. We got one more run in that inning and started the 7th.

I was so hoping for 3 up and 3 down to make a point. The boys did get the first 2 batters out at first, but it took 2 more batters before we made the third out. In the end, the other team never scored, our team held them! We won the game despite the confusion and the late night!