It’s a pun, not poor spelling,
although with the coaching mistakes I made, a misspelling isn’t beyond the
realm of possibility.
We held on to win our first game of
the season, sealing the game by stranding the tying run at second in the top of
the seventh. A statistical quirk made Erica Waelterman both the winning and
saving pitcher, as she finished up when Sami Meyer took a line drive off her
pitching hand. Strong hitting was sabotaged by some overly aggressive
baserunning that took us out of three different innings, but an ugly win beats
an ugly loss, which this would have been.
Poor coaching didn’t help as I made an
illegal substitution that cost a hit, two runs and the chance to run-rule the
Lions in the bottom of the sixth. For witnesses who were confused, I called out
the wrong number on a substitution, using Roschan Rao’s position number
(4/second base) instead of her uniform number. Careless and almost costly.
On the plus side, every player made
the line-up at some point and played in key innings. That will not always be the case. I was also guilty of premature chicken-counting as I subbed in early with an 11-1 lead. Erica and Megan McClure
both made outstanding defensive plays that shut down the Northwest offense.
We have a tough opponent at home in
Marquette on Tuesday. We have not matched up well with them for several years
now. Then we hit the road against Cor Jesu and Francis Howell Central on
Wednesday and Thursday.
The girls did a good job of staying
positive, not panicking, and keeping a high level of energy on a very hot day.
Photos by Beth Kazlauskus (Thanks!)
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