First Game This Year: Southborough vs. Grafton

Hitting the ball down the 3rd baseline.

         On Tuesday my team had our first game this year. We played Grafton from last year.  We batted first. They got our fourth batter out to end the inning. We got their first two batters out, their third guy got walked, their fourth guy got walked, and the fifth guy hit it over the fence for a three run homer! An out of the park home run!  After that we held them that inning. My first time at bat I struck out on a change up. 2-3 at the top of the 3rd inning, Grafton leading. That inning we let them score two runs. It was 2-5 at the beginning of the fourth inning. I got up to bat and hit the ball past the third baseman to score Aidan at home. We ended up scoring 2 runs that inning. It was 4-5 and they were at bat and we let them score 4 runs! We scored no runs in the fifth or the sixth and they ended up winning 9-5. That was a really close game up until the fourth inning.  Grafton was a good team and luckily we have some practices before our next game.

Aidan pitched a strong game for the team.

Team Roster

  This year our team has a few new players. This is our team roster:  Daniel Goldstien, Greg Rosen, Patrick Solomon, Jack Branson, Aidan O'Leary, Jack Bayko, Connor Whitney, Tony Massaglia, Nolan Kimball, Nicos Evangelous, Nicket Mauskar, and me. Tony, Nicos, and Nicket are new, although Tony was on the team when we were eight. Our team this year is really good.

The New Guys

Tony

 Nicos

Nicket in the background playing 1st base.

     

Championship Game

            Last year our season ended with a win in the championship against Holden. We won 4-1. Our pitcher threw the whole game under 75 pitches.  That was a great way to end my season last year.

Last Tournament

Pitching in the Northborough Tournament Against Northborough B Team

We are now in the Northborough Tournament. We won our last 3 games to get into the semifinals. We played yesterday against Northborough A. We were away so we batted first. Jack Ba started off with a single. Daniel hit a single. Aidan struck out. Jack Br hit a single. Patrick hit it to the shortstop who made an error. Louis hit a double. Greg struck out and Connor struck out. 3 outs and we are ahead 4-0. Good start.

Hanging Around... oops! I mean, Coaching.

My first time at bat, I hit it over the shortstops head and got a single. My second time at bat, I walked. Tommy hit a triple that I scored on. My third time, I popped out to the pitcher.

How is this game going?

Bottom of the 6th inning, 2 outs man on 1st, Jack Br pitching. We're up 11-2. The first pitch, strike 1. The second pitch, strike 2. The next pitch, ball 1. The batter hits the next pitch right back to Jack Br pitching and he catches it. 3 outs. Southborough wins 11-2! Off to the championship against Holden Wednesday night under the lights.

2011 Southborough Americans - 9 Year Old Team

A Very Close Game

The National Anthem

Yesterday's game was an intense game against Sturbridge. We were away so we batted first. We didn't score any runs in the first inning. Neither did they. In the second inning, I got hit by a pitch in my helmet. No runs scored. They scored 1 run. In the third inning we scored 4 runs and I hit one to 2nd base and they got me out at first. We took the lead 4-1. They didn't score that inning.

In the fourth inning we scored 0 runs and that inning was a disaster. We let up 4 runs off errors!

This game is not going as well as I had hoped

In the fifth inning, we scored 1 run. They scored 1 run. 6-5 Sturbridge. I hit a grounder to the 2nd baseman in the top of the 6th inning and got thrown out. Nolan hit a single and then stole 2nd. Jake struck out. Patrick got up to bat with 2 outs, man on 2nd. Patrick hit a single and Nolan scored from 2nd! Daniel walked, Aidan walked... bases loaded. Jack Br flew out to Center Field. Game tied 6-6.

Anxiously watching from the dugout

Sturbridge is up and loads the bases with zero outs. My dad takes Aidan out and puts me in. I strike out the next batter. 1 out, bases loaded. I pitch a strike right down the middle. The batter hits it to me and I throw him out at home. 2 outs, bases loaded. I throw the ball. He hits it all the way to the fence. Safe at home. Sturbridge wins and advances to the championship game. We play Grafton on Saturday for 3rd place.

Webster Tournament - Off to a Good Start

Daniel scoring agains Spencer... in the park "home run"!

Now we're in the Webster Tournament. Saturday we played Spencer. My first at bat I hit it over 2nd base into shallow Center Field. I ended up with a single. My second at bat I hit it into shallow left field for another single. My third time I grounded out to the pitcher. Southborough wins 13-0.

Getting coached by Dad at 3rd

Running home to score

Yesterday we played Shrewsbury. My first time at bat I struck out. My second time I bunted and I got out. My third time I hit it to short stop and he threw it to 2nd and got Jack Br out at 2nd for the 3rd out. When I was catching they hit a pop fly and I caught it.

Scooping a ball behind the plate

At the bottom of the last inning, we were up 8-6, 2 outs, man on 2nd. The batter hit it into Center Field. Jack Br picked it up and fired it home to Greg who tagged the runner out. Amazing way to end the game! Southborough wins 8-6.

On to the semi-finals against Sturbridge on Thursday night.

Lost in the Semifinals

Two Sundays ago, my team played in the semifinals of the Shrewsbury Tournament. Our team lost 5-1 against a very strong Auburn team. Auburn went on to win the tournament. Now we are in the Webster District Tournament.