Sailing in Slo-Pitch

Last week we played our first league game of the slo-pitch season (the week before was an exhibition game). We started off against Bloomingdale, who was one of the top teams in the league last year (they went undefeated in the A-side play-off round robin).


With a stiff breeze blowing out to left field, Cal’s “perfect game” was blown by the second inning, as one of their home runs landed not that far from the infield of diamond ‘A’. In the end, they far exceeded their five home run limit, landing I think 8 more over the fence for dead-ball singles (i.e. walks). Despite all their hitting, we had some sharp defensive plays, especially in the outfield (where most of the balls landed). I can think of one of Nathan M’s running catches on a short liner.

In the moral victory department, we did manage double-digit runs against a good defensive team. The last three runs came by our own over-the-fence home run, this time to right-centre field. I’m sure the wind helped it, too, but it still felt good. Despite having 14 players to start, we hit enough to all get at least 3 at-bats (45 in total) in a game that moved along quite quickly.