Evan had a baseball tournament today. We didn't have to go early to the fields which was nice so we could sleep in. His first game was at 12:30. In the first game, Evan started at catcher and played most of the game. He played extremely well at catcher. He didn't have any passed balls and he almost threw a kid out stealing at second. It was a great throw. He also had two hits, an RBI and scored two runs. The Bucs played really well and won the game 14-2.
I packed a lunch for Evan and we ate at the fields and got ready for the second game.
Late this week they changed the tournament from a 9 and under (9U) to a 9U and 10U tournament. The Bucs got paired up in the second game with a 10U team. They had two kids on their team that were taller than me. That is no exaggeration. One boy on the team - Ryan started the game and only gave up a run through the first three innings. Evan started our scoring by walking on a 3-2 count after fouling several balls of and staying alive. The pitcher was one of the boys taller than me. Evan stole second, moved to third on a passed ball and then scored when they tried to throw him out at third and the ball went into left field. After three innings, the Bucs were winning 4-1. Evan pitched the fourth inning. The first batter hit a really weak ball to shortstop that Darius did not charge and the runner was safe. Then Evan got an out. And then they got a couple of hits and scored some runs to tie the game at 4. Evan didn't get upset and looked more determined than ever and ended up striking out the next two batters to get out of the inning. In the bottom of the fourth, the Bucs scored three runs. Evan came back out to pitch in the fifth. If Evan could give up fewer than three runs, the Bucs were going to the championship game. The first batter hit an easy pop up to second that our second baseman dropped. So Evan struck out the next batter and got the following batter to pop up to him. Then he got another pop up that the second baseman and right fielder both stopped and the ball dropped between them. The next kid tripled and now the tying runner was on third. Evan knew it. He just focused on the batter. He quickly threw two strikes and on the third pitch the batter hit an easy line drive to Darius to end the game. All the kids mobbed Evan. I honestly don't know if with that kind of pressure on me, I would have pitched as well as Evan did. All the adults were cheering for Evan as well. He had the biggest smile.
The championship game wasn't going to start until 8:30 because there was still another game to decide who we were going to face. So we all went to Subway for dinner. All the boys were excited to be with each other and they had a good time eating together.
We went back to the fields and the game actually didn't start until closer to 8:45pm on a school night. Unfortunately, the game didn't go as well. I think the kids were tired and the pitching really wasn't as good as it had been all day. So the Bucs ended up in second place. The boys still seemed very happy.
We finally left the fields at nearly 10:20pm and got home around 10:50pm. Noah was already asleep. Evan soon joined him.
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