SweetHearts vs Stingrays
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - F13 - 7:15pm - Game #351

       A powerful mid-afternoon thunderstorm threaten to stop the SweetHearts game again. However, as game time approached the sun came out and lit up the sky. The Stingrays are coached by a young lady who pitched against the SweetHearts back in 1983 and beat the team twice that year. Coach Greg told her after the game that "he had been carrying a grudge for 25 years and it was payback time."

The game began with the 'Hearts batting first and scoring first as Leah walked followed by a walk by Jeannette. Several stolen bases later the SweetHearts were up two nothing. Taylor seemed to struggle a little at first but shut the Stingrays down in just four batters.

The top of the second saw Megan get on and three pitches later score another run before the team struck out. Taylor again "looked" a little shaky but again only faced four batter getting two more strike outs. The Hearts then added three more runs as Leah, Jeannette, and Sammi crossed the plate after walks. Taylor looked better in the third as she K'd three batters to close out her time on the mound leaving with a 6-0 lead.

In the top of the fourth the SweetHearts pushed across five more runs on a series of walks and hits. At that point Coach Greg and Coach Brian began to make wholesale substitutions as the team took the field for the bottom of the fourth. Leah began pitching by striking out one, walking two, giving up a double, a walk, and a hit. Before anyone knew it the Stingrays had seven runs. As the fans began to get very nervous coach changed the pitching/catcher combo back to Taylor and Blanche. The duo walked one and struck out two to end the inning and preserve the win, 11-7.

Just as a side note, the night before this game Coach Greg and Coach Brian attended the Maplewood Band Concert and a a photo with three of our players "all dressed up". (Sammi, Blanche, and Taylor)

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