What team did they play? What was the final score? YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!
We played the mighty Danville team. (They won the division four times in a row in the 90s.) We scored early and kept scoring the whole game. Which was necessary because they kept coming back. The game was played on a dirt infield which we haven't played on at all this year. They scored almost all their runs on grounders shooting through on the hard packed dirt.
Final score was 13 to 9. Arlo lead off with a triple (for the fourth time in our run. You know what's awesome? Leadoff triples!) Matthew (our #2 hitter, who has been in a slump) and Jack (cleanup hitter, also slumpy) both had excellent days at the plate. Jack (whose father is dating EM) hit a line drive home run to dead center. Just a lightning bolt. The umpires were talking about it after the game and I didn't have the heart to tell them that was far from the most impressive home run Jack has hit.
Jack is probably the best power hitter in our entire district - he's unbelievably strong and the ball flies off his bat like it was shot out of a cannon. But he also strikes out a lot and goes through prolonged slumps, so it was great for him to have a big hit, and throw out a runner at the plate. (Also, Jack has a huge crush on Matilda and wants to spend a weekend in SF just so he can hang out with her. He's a sweet kid.)
Tep, it's always fun when Amazon links all the Buffista writers together. "If you like Swordfishtrombones, you might like Vampire People and Shoot Out the Lights."
Omnis, this is the highest level we go for this age group. Next year our team is 12 and would have the chance to go all the way to the Little League World Series.