First Time Pitching (click on this title for video)

I'm a little behind on my blog (a kid my age is pretty busy) but we won our game against Ashland 25-11. And here's my game against Westborough. It was my last game of the regular season. The first inning, I was on deck when we mercied them. We have a 5 run limit each inning. So I had to take off my batting helmet and get the catcher's stuff on.

In the top of the 4th inning, we were up 7-4 with Aidan on first and me on second. Louie hit the ball to 2nd base and got Aidan out running to 2nd. I rounded 3rd and went home and I got out at home. That was 3 outs. I ran out to the mound. I was pitching for the first time in my life. Strike one. My first pitch ever was a strike. Strike two. Ball one. Ball two. Strike three. Batter out! I struck out the first batter I had ever faced.

I pitched for 2 innings and in those 2 innings, I pitched 33 strikes and 15 balls. The final score was 17 - 13. Southborough wins! Stay tuned for our playoff games later this week.

Click on the title of this post to see some video of me on the mound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC8ZXhLbSkQ

Vacation Bible School Video (Click on Title)

Just posting a video to show you what I've been up to this week when I haven't been playing or practicing baseball. Check out my mean air guitar and Liam's great dance moves! Our next games are Saturday and Sunday against Ashland and Westborough. I will be writing more soon.

A Hard-fought Game (click title for video)

Yesterday I played Holliston for the second time in summer league baseball. When we started the game, one-by-one Holliston: struck out, had a pop up hit to 1st base out, and hit a ground ball to 1st base for a ground out. 1, 2, 3 inning. When we got up, Louie hit a single. Our 2nd batter hit a grounder close enough to 1st so the fielder just tagged 1st. One out, man on 2nd. Connor got hit by a pitch and took his base. Then Aidan hit a single and Louie scored and Connor got to 3rd. Aidan stole 2nd. Greg got hit by a pitch. Then Tony got walked. Then Patrick hit and Connor ran home and Tony ran to 2nd. By the end of that inning we scored 4 runs. 4-0 Southborough was winning.

We didn't hold our lead for long and at the start of the last inning Holliston was up 10-7. I was up with 1 out and I got walked. The next batter struck out. 2 outs. Jack was on 2nd and I was on 1st. 10-9 Holliston was winning. Matthew walked. Bases loaded, 2 outs. Still 10-9 and I was on 2nd. Louie hits the ball to shortstop and... and... and... the shortstop misses the grounder! I was rounding 3rd coming home while they were throwing the ball into the catcher. Slide! Slide! Slide! I slid home and the catcher just got the ball about two milliseconds after I slid home. "SAFE!" yelled the umpire. I had scored the winning run! Everyone on my team was jumping on me when I was walking back to the dugout. The final score was 11-10 Southborough. Don't you think that was an exciting finish?

Taming of the Shrews

Yesterday was my second game against the Shrews from Shrewsbury who were the undefeated team. When the game started, our team got up to bat. I was afraid even though I knew that I probably wouldn't be up to bat that inning because they used their ace pitcher and he never had one run scored when he was pitching. Louie struck out. Daniel got a single. Connor walked. Daniel and Connor did a double steal. Man on second and third. Tony had a ground out and Daniel ran home. Our dugout went crazy! Their ace pitcher finally had a run scored on him when he was pitching.

Next inning the pitcher was so afraid of me that he hit me right in my butt so I "took one for the team". The final score was 7-3. Southborough wins! The team that was undefeated is now defeated.

P.S. I think that was the best game Southborough ever played.

The head coach calls a team meeting

before the final out of the game.

Dairy Queen afterwards to celebrate!

Rainy Day Loss

Southborough Americans

Do we have enough coaches?

And we still have 2 more practice coaches!

Splash! Splash! Splash! Baseball players running across the wet and muddy field. We played our second game against Hopkinton in the rain. We were the away team so that means we batted first. But Matthew, Greg, Jack, Nolan and I didn't because Hopkinton made 3 outs before we were up and so we had to go out in the field. But Nolan, Tony and I were benched that inning. Meanwhile in the field, Hopkinton had scored 3 runs and then we finally got 3 outs on Hopkinton to end the inning. When the game ended, Hopkinton won 10 - 6. I was disappointed because I thought we would win the whole game. The next team we play is Shrewsbury and they are undefeated. Can we be the first team to beat them?

The Great Comeback

Turn on the lights! It's time for a night game. Last night I had a night game against Hopkinton. When we were in the batting cages warming up, I saw Hopkinton warming up. They looked good to me, but our team looked better. When the game started, I was behind the plate and Louie was pitching the first inning. When we finally got 3 outs on them, they had already scored 3 runs so they were winning 3-0. When our team got up to bat we got a walk, ground out, pop fly, catch, past ball, steal and a strike out. So at the end of that inning the score was still 3-0 Hopkinton. If you think Hopkinton won that game, you're wrong because we won! The score was 11-5 Southborough! That's what "coming back" means! Have you ever seen that much of a comeback?

Me and my pal, Brendan after the game

The New and Improved Toy Story

Three days ago was the best Friday I ever had! (Besides playing hockey and baseball). My family and I got to see Toy Story 3 in the movie theater. When we got to our seat in the movie theater, the previews took so long that my brother had eaten all of his popcorn. My favorite part of the movie was when Buzz Lightyear talks in Spanish. This part made me laugh. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time - because the seats were so small! By the end of the movie I was happy that we went to see Toy Story 3 on Friday.