Three Runners

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Friday, the boys had a dentist appointment.  It had been nearly a year since the last time they went.  With the pandemic, they just had not gone.  The dentist and hygienist could not believe how tall Evan had gotten.  No cavities for either boy and their mouths looked good.  Noah is on his way to braces in around a year.  Evan's teeth are perfectly straight but there is some gap so maybe he could do invisalign when he stops growing.

Later Friday, Evan and I went to a place called Marucci Clubhouse.  It's basically a fancy batting cage.  I think it helped to hit off the pitching machine.  

When we got home, we went to HEB and then picked up food from La Posada's.  It was pretty good.  

Yesterday morning, it was drizzling some.  Rachel made cranberry-apple crisp.  When it stopped raining, she and I went for a walk.  Then we made eggs for brunch.

After that, Evan and I drove to Kerrville for two baseball games.  Kerrville is nearly 2 hours away.  The fields were very very nice.  We had not been there.  They are sort of set in a valley with all these hills all around it.  It was done very well.  Evan's team is considered 15U (kids that turn 15 on or before April 30, 2021 or younger) but they were playing up in a 16U tournament.  They had 4 16U kids playing with them.  In the first game, Evan played third base.  He didn't have any plays.  But in his first at-bat he hit a single to right field on a 3-2 count.  It was a good hit because he saw a hole where the second baseman was out of position and hit it right there. He also rushed over to play peacemaker when the pitcher got mad at a bad call by the umpire.  

In the second game, Evan caught.  In one inning a boy tried to steal second and Evan easily threw him out.  Then the leadoff hitter beat out an infield single because he was so fast.  He tried to steal second on the first pitch and Evan threw him out easily to end the inning.  Everyone was going crazy cheering for Evan.  His team lost both games, but Evan definitely played well.  We got home around 12:30 at night.

He had a game back in Kerrville at 1:15.  To get there in time for warmups, we left the house around 10.  One of his teammates, Josiah, got dropped off here and then we all drove together.  Based on Evan's good outing last night, he started at catcher again.  The leadoff batter got hit by a pitch.  Then he tried to steal.  And like the night before, Evan threw the runner out.  In Evan's first at bat he walked.  Then in the third inning, there was a runner at first and second.  The batter singled to center and the 3rd base coach sent the runner home.  The throw game into Evan who tagged the runner at home as he was being taken out.  Then jumped up and threw to third to get the runner out trying to advance from second to third.  The home plate umpire inexplicably called the runner at home safe, so one out of two is still good.  Evan's coach got very angry with the home plate umpire.  It looked pretty obvious that Evan blocked the plate and saved the run.  In Evan's second at-bat, he hit a laser into right field for a hit. He came around and scored.  And in his third at-bat, he walked again.  All in all he was 2-4 with 2 walks on the weekend plus he threw four runners of directly and was responsible for 2 pick-offs.

When we got home, Rachel, Evan and I went to HEB.  Then we picked up dinner from Hunan Lion.

Evan is watching the NLCS, Noah is on his phone and Rachel is on the computer.

Until next time...