A new
coaching staff for our neighbors, the Nerinx Hall Markers. promises a brighter
future, but growing pains will keep them from being competitive for at least
this year. The good news for them is that they have Affton on their schedule.
Somebody will get a win, although it’s not a game I would want to watch. But again we managed to get all 15 eligible players at least an at bat.
Freshman
Megan Hayes made her debut in the circle for the Statesmen and extended the
no-walk streak started yesterday to 6 innings. She also didn’t allow any hits
or runs as we ended the game on the 15-run rule and a 15-0 final.
Again
the girls did a great job of showing respect and good sportsmanship for a
weaker opponent, staying involved despite the score and, after some opening
inning jitters, playing strong defense and hitting the ball solidly when it
actually came over the plate, which wasn’t all that often. I try to walk at
least 3 miles a day in the ‘hood (dodging the driving denizens of Laclede
Groves as well as those who think those stripes at intersections are decorative), but
not nearly as much as our team, so far, as we added 13 more walks today. Guin
Ellsworth had a good day both behind and at the plate, as she drove in 4 runs.
The
girls did a good job of not letting some very strange calls by the umpires
disturb them. Just as well, as we might still be batting were it not for blue
awarding 3 of Nerinx’s 8 outs via creative umpiring. We’ll save our questions
for games where it might matter.
We’re
looking forward to that getting started on Friday when we open our conference
schedule at home against the usually tough Pattonville Pirates. They beat us 3-2 in 2013, we returned the favor, 5-2 in 2014, and played one of our poorer games last year, using 13-4. Statesmen vs.
Pirates. Hmmmm. Too many possibilities to get in trouble, so I’ll just leave
it there and hope to see you at the field. Thanks to Amy Jo Love for the pix.
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