I stared in at my catcher, Drew Wessel, beads of sweat fell off my forehead. It was the bottom of the sixth and we were one out away from winning the World Series, he flashed me a two which meant curveball. I checked the runner, got my grip on the ball, and checked the runner again. I lifted my leg and let go of the ball. We were the last game of the tournament, it was August 1st and the daylight was just starting to slip behind the Rocky Mountains in center field. We were playing a team from Oklahoma City in the World Series championship. My trip to Colorado changed my life. It was the most enjoyable experience I've ever had. I'll never forget that week. I woke up that morning feeling good, I threw on my retro jersey (our championship jersey)
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I knew it was going to be hard to get hits off of him but I knew we could do it. Our leadoff hitter, Tyson Gordon, took two balls and then found a pitch he liked and sent a hard grounder to shortstop, the shortstop took his time and Tyson beat it out! I was up next and the pitcher caught me off guard with a first pitch curveball. I was out front but managed to get it over the third base line. Tyson got to third and the ball got away from the cutoff man and Tyson scored! Our three hitter, a short but strong kid from Texas, named Ethan, walked on four pitches. My teams four hitter Tyler Ruhl, hit a double to left center scoring me and getting Ethan to third. Then our five hitter, Jake Cromer, hit a double to left center, scoring Ethan and Tyler. We got another hit but didn’t score again that inning. Our pitcher shut them down, 1-2-3. All of the momentum was going our way but we knew we couldn’t step off the gas …show more content…
Our leadoff hitter had a leadoff double, but was then picked off right away. The next two batters weren’t a threat either. The Oklahoma Elite managed to sneak across a run in the bottom of the second. We didn’t want them to catch back up so we decided to kick it in gear. The rest of the game we remained in the driver’s seat. We scored three runs in the third inning and four in the fourth. They scratched across a few runs and by the time the sixth inning rolled around, it was 11-4, us. The run rule came into play and the bottom of the sixth would be the last inning if they couldn’t get a run. I was pitching. The first batter got on due to an error from our shortstop. The next hitter hit a hard ground ball to second, but he bobbled it and only got the runner at second and we didn’t have time to get a double play. I struck the next batter out. The fourth and final batter worked his way into a 2-2 count, but then I threw him a curveball and he hit a line drive to Tyson Gordon. He caught it! My catcher met me halfway between home plate I hugged him and dropped to the ground waiting for the dogpile. After that, we shook hands and got our trophies and took our pictures with people and had post-game interviews with Triple Crown Sports (the host of the tournament). We got free t-shirts, and our coach got a bracket of all of our games in
I knew it was going to be hard to get hits off of him but I knew we could do it. Our leadoff hitter, Tyson Gordon, took two balls and then found a pitch he liked and sent a hard grounder to shortstop, the shortstop took his time and Tyson beat it out! I was up next and the pitcher caught me off guard with a first pitch curveball. I was out front but managed to get it over the third base line. Tyson got to third and the ball got away from the cutoff man and Tyson scored! Our three hitter, a short but strong kid from Texas, named Ethan, walked on four pitches. My teams four hitter Tyler Ruhl, hit a double to left center scoring me and getting Ethan to third. Then our five hitter, Jake Cromer, hit a double to left center, scoring Ethan and Tyler. We got another hit but didn’t score again that inning. Our pitcher shut them down, 1-2-3. All of the momentum was going our way but we knew we couldn’t step off the gas …show more content…
Our leadoff hitter had a leadoff double, but was then picked off right away. The next two batters weren’t a threat either. The Oklahoma Elite managed to sneak across a run in the bottom of the second. We didn’t want them to catch back up so we decided to kick it in gear. The rest of the game we remained in the driver’s seat. We scored three runs in the third inning and four in the fourth. They scratched across a few runs and by the time the sixth inning rolled around, it was 11-4, us. The run rule came into play and the bottom of the sixth would be the last inning if they couldn’t get a run. I was pitching. The first batter got on due to an error from our shortstop. The next hitter hit a hard ground ball to second, but he bobbled it and only got the runner at second and we didn’t have time to get a double play. I struck the next batter out. The fourth and final batter worked his way into a 2-2 count, but then I threw him a curveball and he hit a line drive to Tyson Gordon. He caught it! My catcher met me halfway between home plate I hugged him and dropped to the ground waiting for the dogpile. After that, we shook hands and got our trophies and took our pictures with people and had post-game interviews with Triple Crown Sports (the host of the tournament). We got free t-shirts, and our coach got a bracket of all of our games in