Clark Clan: 1st Weekend of Baseball

Monday, April 20, 2009

1st Weekend of Baseball

Last Saturday was our first weekend of baseball. Both Tyler and Brayden are playing on competitive teams this year. We had two double-headers. That is a total of 4 games or 8 hours of baseball. Brayden's games were in the morning in Tremonton. He won the first one and lost the second one. At this age, the innings are LONG. Basically the pitcher walks most of the batters and then they steal each base and end up scoring. Brayden walked all 4 times he got up to bat. He did great at his base running. He would slide into each base. He played 2nd base the majority of the game and a little in the outfield. He caught a line drive at 2nd base during the first game. It was awesome!! He looked so cute out there in his uniform. We had to miss most of his 2nd game because we had to get Tyler to his games in Logan. But we heard Brayden had a great hit. A double we think. At first it was a homerun but then he changed his story.

Tyler won his first game and lost his second also. They played two Idaho Falls teams. Tyler played 2nd base and then pitched the last inning of the first game. That is always scary for me as a mom. Too much pressure on these guys. He did well though, got 2 strike outs. I posted some pictures of his pitching sequence but they are backwards. Sorry, I'm still not that great with posting pictures. Tyler had some great hits too. I believe he got on every time at bat. The second game was pretty close at first but then they got behind 8-1 and couldn't catch up. It was a bit of a heart breaker.

Overall, we had a great day of baseball. The weather was pretty good. A bit cool for Brayden's games, but nice and sunny at Tyler's. I have a red nose to vouch for that. Ellie did well. At Brayden's game we spent most of the time on the playground area. Then she fell asleep on the way to Logan for Ty's games. Other than having to run to the potty about 8 or 9 times we had a good day. Gotta love potty training!!