Argh!!!

Not really sure why I chose that for the title, but that's how bothered I still am by tonight's loss to the Santorini Muckdogs.  F.

This was a really tough pill to swallow.  In consecutive games now we have surrendered crooked numbers to the opposition in the 1st inning.  Last week we were able to persevere and fight back for the victory but this week proved a little more difficult and we ended up losing 17-13.  In the 3rd, 6th, and 7th innings we had multiple runners on base with zero or one out, and we failed to get those guys home...I think if we would have capitalized in just one of those innings we would have come away with a key win.  We had the Muckdogs up against the ropes and beginning to doubt themselves after we tied the game at 11-11 in the 4th inning, but a follow up 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the 5th gave them back a little momentum that we just couldn't shift back in our favor.

Thank you to those that were willing to bat in spots that they may not have been used to...this game definitely helped to see good patterns and pairings for where to best fit types of styles into the batting order.  To play the martyr too I would like to fall on the sword and say that I probably could have constructed a better (more comfortable lineup) for everyone...and in addition I was too much of a headcase when I was up with no runners on base (thinking too much about where to try to place the ball vs. just swinging).

The good news is next week we get to come back and play a double-header (kind of) as we have games at 5:50 and 7:50.  Also, thank you Granum (and myself) for bringing beer tonight.  Please check the schedule as I will add beer duty names to the schedule.