Game 12 - Angels - Coach's Birthday

A combination of good pitching and some key outs led to a successful game 12 for the Red Sox last Thursday. Teddy has worked with Roberto on his delivery and the practice has payed off. Roberto pitched very well in the first two innings of the game, keeping the ball around the strike zone the entire time and striking out 4. Trevor returned to the lineup after nursing an injured knee for the past 3 games. Trevor was able to work one and a half innings striking out 3. Joe and Caio did a good job cleaning up the last inning and a half. Joe and Ben did a nice job catching and Ben came very close to throwing out a runner at second base. Keep trying guys, we will make an out on a catcher throwdown before the season is up.

Our hitting wasn't super, but Ian had another nice game at the plate with two hits and two RBI. Sean chipped in with a nice hit to drive in a run. The good statistic for our team was that we struck out only 5 times in 30 at-bats. The combination of the low number of hits and the low number of strikeouts indicates that there wasn't as much to hit in this game as in the previous game with the A's. As a result, we had a lot of walks. I don't think we let too many opportunities to hit the ball go by, but it is important that we stress to our kids to swing at balls near the strike zone. If it is between the shoulders and the knees and within two baseballs on either side of the plate we should be swinging.

It was nice to be with the kids coaching the team on my birthday. I really do enjoy being with our team and it was great way to spend my birthday. Thanks for the card and the ice-cream.