All in all, reasonably happy with the effort today. One thing I was really happy about, and in all the years I've coached, I don't know if I can say this---every player on the team put the ball in play at least once today. Usually at least one kid either walks or strikes out a couple times. And today, out of 25 plate appearances, we only struck out 5 times. That's great.
We were short staffed, so that made it a little weird, but the guys did ok, and had a nice catch by Ross Barclay of the Rays for us in Left Field.
My biggest disappointment is stranding a lot of runners today. We had our opportunities to score, but couldn't come through with the big hit when we needed it. Or we got our hits with 2 outs, and it is tough to get something going then.
Run down of what I most liked about the guys today....
Spencer did a good job behind the plate today--I liked being able to whisper in his ear alot
Matt got the ball in play a couple times, and got on base both times he hit it
Ben had a nice inning of work on the mound, got himself in trouble, and dug out.
Jerald got on base every time he got up to bat
Cody hustling hard to get on base due to an error by their 3rd baseman
Neil had a heck of a bunt, but got thrown out anyway. If he had hit it 5 feet further, he gets a base hit.
Nick had a nice bloop single to lead off an inning for us. Very important to get lead off batters on.
Twas a good experience for the guys. Glad we got that in before our game on Tuesday--and what a great day today was. Tuesday is looking good weather-wise. Have the guys there by 6PM if you can.
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