Long Island Trip

The team traveled to Long Island this weekend to play four games at Baseball Heaven. The schedule was to play a game on friday night, a double-header on saturday, and one on sunday. The game friday night took a suprising turn for the worst. We were down 4-2 and with two outs we had a kid get on base. The next batter hit a two run homerun to tie the ball game up. The next batter happened to get out and the umpire called the game due to darkness. The coaches had made an agreement prior the contest that if the light was a factor, the lights would be turned on. The coach from the other team wouldnt turn the lights on and we were forced to loose because the game's decision goes back to the previous inning, when we were losing. There was ntohing we could do about the games outcome, but there was in the next games we played. We had a double header the next day and didnt even let up a run. Mike Assman pitched a complete game shutout. The next game was won 4-0, credited to kris gentzke who hit a three-run homer to seal the deal. The season is panning out well as we continue to limit teams run production and tack on our own fair share of runs. The games victories are earned in practices, as our coach often says. You, as a team, only get stronger by not taking victories for granted and continue to battle at practice and get better. No one in practice takes it easy, ever. The coaches are constantly behind us guiding us and pushing us to exceed expectations. The final game, on sunday, is agains Farmingdale State. The team that eliminated us from the regional tournament last season. The guns are being brought out for that game to send a message to that school that we did not forget about last years mishap.