What a tumultuous day in Bossier City for the Hall kids ... The evening started with Holden in the middle school track meet. Thankfully for the parents - he only ran one event and it was early. Holden ran the 800 meters - and ran a pretty good race - but there were some super fast kids in the race. He finished in 8th place - but was the fastest among the Green Acres kids. From there - Holden and I headed straight to the softball field - to catch the playoff game between Mallory's Airline Vikings against the Lafayette Lions.
We got to the game after the 1st inning was over and it was all tied at 0-0. The Vikings took the lead in the 3rd inning 3-0. Mallory got an at bat this inning - but was called out for hitting outside of the batters box - a pretty crappy call. The bottom of the 4th inning was a scoring barrage by the Vikings and the Lions made a few errors in the inning to keep the rally alive. Mallory got a walk, and scored a run with some fantastic baserunning. The Vikings finished the inning with 6 more runs and took the lead 9-0. The Lions clawed back in the 5th and scored three runs, then held the Vikings scoreless to narrow the gap to 9-3 after 5 innings. The 6th inning started with another rally by the Lions who added another run, however, with runners on 2nd and 3rd - they tried to bunt another run in. The 3rd baseman fielded it - looked the runner back, fired it to Mallory at 1st - and then she made a perfect throw to home to get the runner trying to score for an inning ending double play. The Vikings tacked on 2 more in the bottom of the inning. Mallory sacrifice bunted a runner into scoring position to help the Vikings. The Lions continued put pressure on the Vikings and loaded the bases again. Mallory made a great play to get the 2nd out of the inning. The Lions tried to bunt for a hit at the end of the game - and the 3rd baseman threw a bullet to Mallory for the final out of the game! Final score - Airline 11, Lafayette 5.
For the local news video footage on this game click here : Airline vs Lafayette video via KTBS. Look for Mallory at the beginning of the video for their infield huddle.
Plus - here is the article in the Bossier press with a picture of Mallory sliding into home for a score! Airline Rolls - Bossier Press
The night ended with Holden and I rushing off to his baseball game against the vaunted Thunder. With our ace pitcher out and Holden unavailable to pitch because our catcher was injured - Holden was forced to catch. Our inexperienced pitching caused singles to become doubles with easy stolen bases. Holden still managed to throw out a runner with this disadvantage. The Thunder threw there ace pitcher who was nearly unhittable. Holden unfortunately struck out during his only at bat. After falling behind 12-0 after two innings, the team found a rhythm and only allowed 3 more runs for the next two innings. Holden called pitches for the 2nd two innings and proved to call better pitches than his coach (and dad).
But unfortunately, the Tigers couldn't get the hitting necessary to put a run across the plate. Final Score - Thunder 15, Tigers 0.
Next Tiger game is Thursday - and in all likelihood, Holden will be catching the start of the game. Hopefully if we can get a big lead - we can get him out from behind the plate. Next Viking game is Saturday at 2:30pm in Lake Charles, LA against the top seeded Barbe Buccaneers. I'll keep you posted as the games are played! Both kids have a day off tomorrow - so they will get their much needed rest! As for me - I plan on working a very full day to try to catch up with my real job!
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