For anyone in the stands, you can hear my relief and my joy when i say "what a game"! Truly, rarely do you get to come out on the winning side of a game like that, but in all fairness when ya have zero strikeouts on a day, you would expect a higher scoring game. 

The game started off a little more sketchy than we had hoped, with Flat Rock scoring 2 in the second and 2 in the third. Kuzara in the fourth inning hit a shot to left field that got to the fence which gave her an inside the park home run. Any momentum we had was quickly taken away with them scoring three runs right after that. Heading into the fifth and the score 7-1, I was told to fix the scoreboard. It was a dark cloud over us (as it read and couldn't  be fixed (visitors 61 and Huron 31). So with some tinkering and a little added help to the antenna it popped on in the bottom half of the fifth inning. The huddle chat was quite simple btw the fifth inning...."we have had no strikeouts, balls are in play, realistically we can't end this game with out a rally at some point." I'd love to say, the Ted Talk was the reason for what ensued but truly the kids were intentional with their barrel and got through some balls. Finally leading to some base hits, which lead to a small rally, which in turn lead to five runs in the fifth inning and down by one going into the 6th. The 6th inning we gave up two runs which hurt a tad but our momentum and confidence were riding high. The 6th inning we put up 6 runs and walked away with a 12-9 lead. We were able to seal the deal and escape with what could be a season changing win over a home town rivalry in Flat Rock. 

It's hard to say we outplayed them, or they outplayed us, because when ya look at it, the hits were 10 for them 11 for us. But momentum surely was in their favor most of the game. A big focus for us though, is balls in play. And today, that was the case- to go through a varsity game not striking out is something to be proud of. Thankfully balls found holes as we went and it just bounced our way. They didn't make an error on the day, they were making plays defensively, the ball just found holes as the game went. Huge praise goes to Sasha Pender who came in a slowed momentum down against some of their bigger hitters. Greggo was able to come back in the seventh and close the deal- but to watch them praise each other and support each other through adversity and moments of greatness speaks volumes. Proud of the kids for keeping a pulse, they stuck together when it. counted. 

Box Score:  Huron 000156x 12 11 4

                   Flat---  0220320 9 10 0 

\Sic 2-4  2RBI

Jackson 1-2

Kuzara 1-2  2RBI 3Runs

Greggo 1-3  3RBI

Robbins 2-3 1RBI 

Ramsby 1-3 4RBI

Newman 1-3

Pender 2-4

Ryan 0-2