What else does summer means for the Halls besides baseball? Zeke is playing on the Rolla Piranhas again, for his 4th year. We spent last weekend in the Kansas City area at a State Tournament. Last year, our family wasn't able to go, and the team placed 2nd. This year, the tournament had 54 teams in it, and we were seeded 54th! Mostly, that means that the other teams all played in a bunch of qualifying tournaments; we only played in one. But I think it discouraged the boys from the outset, and they just didn't play as well as they usually do.
Their first game, they made several errors in the first inning, and by the time they got their hitting going, had dug themselves quite a large hole. They did the same thing in their second game, making errors and giving up 4 runs in the first inning.
Zeke, however, had a very good game. He game in to pitch in the 2nd inning, with one out and runners at first and third. The runner at third scored, but he retired the side and came back to strike out the side. He finished the game on the mound, giving up 2 more runs, but only due to a throwing error on his part... but he also got a 2-run RBI single to score the only two runs of the game for us. By the time we got to our third game, the boys knew they had no chance to advance, and we were playing the number 1 seed. Needless to say, we lost handily. For us, that meant we got to go to Joplin to watch Andy play baseball! What a weekend :)
Their first game, they made several errors in the first inning, and by the time they got their hitting going, had dug themselves quite a large hole. They did the same thing in their second game, making errors and giving up 4 runs in the first inning.
Zeke, however, had a very good game. He game in to pitch in the 2nd inning, with one out and runners at first and third. The runner at third scored, but he retired the side and came back to strike out the side. He finished the game on the mound, giving up 2 more runs, but only due to a throwing error on his part... but he also got a 2-run RBI single to score the only two runs of the game for us. By the time we got to our third game, the boys knew they had no chance to advance, and we were playing the number 1 seed. Needless to say, we lost handily. For us, that meant we got to go to Joplin to watch Andy play baseball! What a weekend :)
Elizabeth found the trash truck and wanted to help.
Warm up time.
Zeke on the mound
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