Let's Play Catch-Up!

Thanks for being patient with me over the last few days. I was unable to get over to the coffee shop after our games this weekend. Here's a recap of Friday and Saturday's games:

6/8 vs. Wichita Wheat Kings - These guys are a collection of former and current college players playing in the summer and had already played 12 games. We had no pitching to speak of and were going to piece together some innings with our bullpen. Our starting pitcher came out and pitched and competed with only giving up 1 run. We lead 3-1 going into the seventh and the Wheat Kings were clearly frustrated. Unfortunately, we woke them up in between innings after an errant throw reached their dugout. Those guys had some choice words for our guys and a fight almost broke out. They came back over the next few innings and lead 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth. We had the tying run on third but bounced into a game ending double play to lose a heart breaker! They hit their way to a win, but we didn't execute in crunch time either to give ourselves a chance. It was non-league game, so the staff chalked it up to a learning experience.

6/9 vs. Beatrice Bruins - We ran into a pitching buzz saw on Saturday, as we faced the best pitching we've seen this year. The Bruins had three players drafted over the weekend in the MLB draft and they happened to pitch that day. We were overmatched on some at bats, but had a small window to put runs on the board early. We couldn't do it and lost 5-0 and 8-1 on the day. The guys were obviously frustrated, but were reminded that good pitching beats good hitting every time. I could sense that they were eager to get back on the horse and get after it on Sunday.

6/10 vs. Chillicothe Mudcats - We didn't get the chance to rebound from Saturday as a thunderstorm rumbled through in the morning and dumped 3 inches on rain in Kearney. The field was extremely damp and we couldn't play the game. We were off yesterday and today and travel to Topeka for a game tomorrow.

We are a little beaten up health wise, so pray that our guys would stay healthy for this week.