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Tigers played the Diamond Kings tonight in a fight for 3rd place in our league.  We had beat them early in the year and they beat us once as well.  The Tigers and Diamond Kings battled back and forth throughout the game.  The score was 0-0 after two innings.

The Diamond Kings put two runs on the board in the top of the third - unfortunately, the got a little help from the umpires - Holden threw out the runner stealing - but the runner was called safe.  This would prove to be the story of our night.

The next inning - we got caught stealing on a play that our runner not only slid under the tag - but beat the ball to the bag as well.  We put one run back on the board and were down 2-1 after 3.

No runs for either team in the 4th - and the DK's picked up one more run in the 5th to take the lead 3-1.

The Tigers continued to leave runners on base throughout the night (almost two every inning) - and looked at too many called third strikes.  Our pitcher used up his pitch count - so our relief pitcher headed into the game - and gave up one run to extend their lead to 4-1.  We mounted a rally - but were stopped short again by an umpire call - the first baseman dropped the ball on a force out at first - but the umpire called him safe.  We managed to only get 1 run in and lost 4-2.

Holden had him a great game tonight, though - as he threw out a runner at 2nd (that was actually called), threw one out that wasn't called, and made some key stops behind the plate.  He got to play in the field for an inning as well - and we missed him that inning at catcher.  Possibly one of the runs came across because they stole 3 bases on our other catcher (including 3rd).  Holden and I have been working with hand weights to get our hands through the ball swinging for the past couple of days - and it paid off today.  Holden went 3 for 3 with two singles and double.

Freshman High School tryouts will be in a couple of weeks - so, he will need to keep his hitting sharp.  I'm never worried about his fielding anymore - so we have some hard work in front of us between now and then.

The weekend brings us zero in the form of sporting events for the kids (I have an old man game on Sunday).  School is just about done - so the kids will be very happy.  If there is anything exciting - I'll keep you posted!