Wednesday brought more heat, but the games were not quite as good. We were with the same crew as yesterday, and we did just as good a job as we did yesterday - what can I say, we're just a good crew. We were at Aliso Niguel High School, which is basically located in a giant bowl - below any chance of getting a breeze - needless to say, it was HOT.
Kevin had the dish for the first game - a 12-0 Hawaii win over Oregon in 4 1/2 innings. Kevin and I are sitting here trying to remember any memorable moments in the game - and we can't. there just weren't any big plays. It was just a lot of hitting by Hawaii, and nothing worth mentioning from Oregon.
I was on the plate for the second game - So Cal beat Idaho 7-4. Idaho has had two really good games, but have come up short in both of them. The game was humming along until the pitchers on both teams seemed to lose it in the 5th inning. I am sure the of the 2 1/2 hour game, 1 hour of it was in the 5th. Once again, no memorable plays, but finally, some controversy - well sort of. One team wanted to re-enter a starter and bring him in to pitch - but it turned out his sub had not had his minimum play. One of the Tournament Directors (who are there to catch things like this) noticed the problem, and caught it before we had a protest situation. We got past that, and finished up the game with no other biggies.
The last game between Nevada and No Cal found Kevin at 2nd, and me at 3rd. Kevin finally had some excitement - got himself a righteous balk call, and then nailed an interference call on a double play ball. No Cal won the game 9-3 to go to 2-0 in the pool play. It looks like the elite teams in Pool 1 Hawaii and No Cal - they play Fri morning. In the other pool, the 2-0 teams are Washington and Arizona, who play Thu at 1:00 - Kevin has the dish for that game - should be a good one.
Tomorrow we get a new pair of partners, who will be with us for the next two days. They are Rita Cline from WA and Bob Breihof from OR. They've had a couple tough games so far - try this on for size. The last game of the day today was between Arizona and Montana. At one point the game was in the first inning, Arizona had the bases loaded with no outs, and were leading 12-0 - Yes, you read that correctly... 1st inning, no outs, 12 runs in and based loaded. We left in the 3rd with the game at 18-3. Yikes!!!
Right now - a little relaxation, a cold beer and time to polish the shoes :)
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