The Opener

Well the 16” Softball season was off to a great start this year. at first I was not sure it would even happen, but thanks to the girls who filled in we were able to play and not forfit. Thank you Carmel, Stephanie and Stevie. For those of you who were not there, you may have missed one of the greatest games I have ever seen.

It was a chilly and rainy Saturday afternoon, the field was wet, but there was no standing water. The Truth, that is the name of our team, took the field to start the game. It had been awhile since anyone on the team had played, but everyone came ready to play.

Our defense was not as sharp as the end of last year, but it was good none the less especially in the conditions we were working with. We let up two or three runs in the first inning, but we did not let that phase us.

Asak lead off for The Truth, the first pitch and…gone, a blast by Asak to left center field, a stand up home run. We now thought there was no way they were going to beat us, but it quickley did not go our way. We did not score again that inning.

In fact we were not doing well offensively for most of the game the score going into the sixth inning was 6-2. But then we started to heat up, we strung together a few singles and a couple of great sacrifice hits in order to score three runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Then in the bottom of the seventh inning when it is looking hard, the score was 7-5 Keller starts the inning off just like the game was started off a solid smash to center field and a stand up home run, 7-6. It gets blurry for me but I believe Cochran got on then Carmel Tobin and Martin Syvertsen got out. George Russo, a new addition to the Truth straight from Ecuador, came up to bat. 2 outs one man on he swings, a shot to the center fielder...he can’t get to it, George cruises as fast as his legs will take him it looks like there could be a play at the plate, but no its not even close. George with the game winning walk off home run leads The Truth to there first victory of what will be another fantastic season.