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Game Recaps 2005
Preseason
3/12/05 @Wenatchee
CC L(12-4), L(5-1)
The first games of the season are always interesting. We had a very
dry winter, so we were able to get outside for quite a few practices
before our first game. Once the sun started rising at about 7:15, we
decided it was light enough to be able to actually hit the ball at them
and do some live hitting, rather than just run bases. All those days of
preparation still do not compare to stepping in the box against an
opponent. Needless to say, we had one bad inning in the first game, in
which all 12 runs were scored. After that inning, Katie got in her
groove and held them scoreless the remainder of the game. The coaching
staff was really impressed with the way the team stayed in the game and
kept their intensity up, despite being down by such a large margin. The
game ended by a couple base running errors, but we were aggressive on
the base path, which bodes well.
In the second game, Kelsey put on her game face and pitched a heck of a
game. We scored first in the 2nd inning and Wenatchee followed with one
run in the 3rd. Unfortunately, we repeated the same problem from the
first game and had one bad inning where WVCC scored 4 more runs. It was
a much better game than the first and the coaches were much more
encouraged by that outing.
3/21/05 @Shasta
College L(3-1)
Our trip to California started out well against a very tough team.
Kelsey pitched really well, hit her spots and kept their hitters
off-balance. Brittnae had a nice triple that scored Sandra for our only
run. It was a very clean game, no errors by either team. We played on a
great complex, Big League Dreams, a synthetic surface that is fashioned
after different major league ballparks. It was a good experience for the
team and Shasta was fun team to play. The second game was rained out, so
we went and worked out in the weight room with their team. Thanks to
Sonny Stupek and his team for being such gracious hosts.
3/22/05 @Butte
College L(7-0), L(6-0)
The second day in California was a little tougher on the team. They
weren't quite ready to play and came out a little shell-shocked against
some very good pitching. We had 3 hits all day and couldn't move any
runners around to score. Defensively, we had some errors, but also saw
some outstanding play by Andrea at 3B. Our outfielders got a workout in
these games and held up pretty well. The pitchers both got hit pretty
hard, but kept their composure. They learned a lot during these games
and the coaching staff learned a lot about our players' determination,
work ethic and attitude.
3/24/05 @Menlo
College - Rained Out
Unfortunately, the weather did not hold up for us to finish our
trip. We headed home early, giving the team a few more days to
recuperate and get ready for the season.
Regular Season
4/2/05 Everett CC
- L(7-5), L(15-2)
Our first home game of the season became our first played game. The
weather has caused a lot of problems, but we were able to get two games
in right before the rain started. We did pretty well in the first game
offensively, but left 9 runners on base. Kelsey pitched 7 1/3 innings,
but ran out of gas in the end. Defensively, we had 5 errors and and
allowed Everett to come back in the game in the 7th when they scored 5
runs on 7 hits. We scored 2 runs back in the bottom of the 7th, but left
the bases loaded. Andrea hit a hard line drive to right center, but
their RF was camped out and made the catch for the 3rd out. Katie went
2-3, and Andrea went 3-4 with 2 RBI's.
In the second game, Everett threw the same pitcher, but we couldn't put
together any hits to score runs until the 4th inning. In the meantime,
Everett jumped all over Katie in the 2nd inning and scored 6 runs. The
team couldn't pick themselves up after that inning and the situation got
worse in the 3rd when they scored 9 more runs. Brittnae went 2-3, Katie
went 2-3, but everyone else struggled to get into the game. An
unfortunate finish after the first one.
4/5/05 Peninsula
CC - L(8-6 8 inn.), W(5-2)
We played a much better game offensively, but the defense lost the
ball game today making 10 errors. We scored 5 runs in the 2nd and I
thought we'd run away with the game, but didn't score anymore until the
8th. Ashley bunted a foul ball off her throwing hand ring finger and she
has to come out of the game. Kelsey pitched a heck of a game, but
struggled in the 8th inning and PCC scored 3 runs. We came back with one
run and had runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs, but couldn't score the
runners. Brittnae went 2-5, Katie went 2-4, Jessica went 2-4, Kaitlin
went 2-5, and Kelsey went 2-3. We have to get rid of that one bad
inning and we'll win some.
The second game went much better defensively and we were able to score 2
runs in the 3rd and 3 in the 4th. Katie held them scoreless until the
7th inning, her stuff was working against their batters. Even though we
wereconcerned about Ashley's finger, we decide to put her in at 2B
(short throw) and Brittnae moves over to SS. Sandra went 2-3 and scored
2 runs. When she gets on she scores.
4/6/05 @Shoreline
CC Postponed from 3/29/05 due to rain - L(1-0 9 inn.), W(4-1)
It was a pitcher's dual in the first game. Neither team could get
any hits and despite going 9 innings, was still over in 2 hours. Kelsey
pitched really well again, but gave up back to back doubles in the
bottom of the 9th to score the only run of the game. It's really hard to
pitch two extra inning games in a row, but she held them to 1 hit
through 8 innings. Offensively, we got 3 runners on base, 2 by error and
1 hit by Ashley. That won't win any ballgames.
Fortunately, Shoreline didn't have another pitcher, so we faced the same
one. This time we went up with better timing and discipline and we
scored 1 run in the 1st inning to break the ice. Katie helped herself
out by getting on base and scoring on an RBI by Kaitlin. In the 5th,
Kelsey started with a base hit, Sandra got hit by a pitch again,
Brittnae laid down a bunt that got a little too far away from the plate
and forced Kelsey out at 3B, Katie followed with another base hit and
Jessica hit a single up the middle. We scored another in the 6th. Katie
worked out of a few jams and held them off the entire game until the 5th
when they scored their only run on a communication error. A much better
second game by the T-birds.
4/8/05 @ Skagit
Valley CC - L(7-6), L(8-5)
A windy, cold day up in Mount Vernon brought out some rocky play
from the team. In the first game, Kelsey held their hitters at bay for
the majority of the game. We scored first in the top of the first with
aggressive base running. In the bottom of the 6th, Skagit pulled in 3
runs on 2 errors and some timely hitting. We struggled getting another
run, until the top of the 7th when the team busted open for 5 runs to go
up 6-3. Unfortunately, we couldn't put away their offense due to another
4 errors and we ended up losing by one. Very disappointing loss.
Katie went 2-4, Jessica 2-4 with an RBI double scoring 2 runs.
In the second game, Skagit had momentum and scored 3 runs in the
bottom of the first inning. We came back in the top of the 2nd to tie it
up, but Skagit put together a string of 7 hits and scored 4 runs off
Katie in the bottom of the 3rd. We were able to score 2 runs in the top
of the 5th, but couldn't make anything else happen offensively. We
played a better defensive game, but the errors are really affecting the
pitchers. Jessica went 3-4 with 2 RBI's and a triple, Kelsey went
2-3 with 2 RBI's.
4/14/05 @Edmonds CC - Postponed from 4/1 due to rain; rescheduled for
4/4, 4/7, 4/11- L(5-3), L(10-0)
We finally get our two games in with Edmonds. The coaching staff is
trying to figure out what combinations to put together for both defense
and offense. The team is really down right now and can't seem to get it
together. We're seeing a lot of down faces and unfortunately it is
affecting some people's game. We decide to pitch Katie the first game to
mix stuff up. She pitched a great game again. Hit her spots and had
their hitters off-balance. Edmonds put together a couple hits in the 2nd
and 4th inning to score 5 runs. We scored 2 in the 5th and another in
the 6th, but just couldn't seem to get the offense going. Defensively,
we had a few poorly timed errors that resulted in runs scored. Brittnae
went 2-4 with an RBI double, Katie 3-3, Andrea 1-3 with 1 RBI.
The second game was the most disappointing loss of the season. The team
was down, there was no energy, no effort and no drive to even be on the
field. We were sent home in 5 innings with each person only getting 2 at
bats. They just couldn't seem to flush the first game and come out and
play with any intensity. The coaching staff can only talk so much about
playing with heart, at some point the team has to do it for themselves.
Once again Katie got on base each at bat going 1-2. The only other hit
came from Sandra. We have to work harder and want to be here.
4/19/05 Olympic CC
- L (7-0), L (6-4)
New day, same long faces from some of the team. We couldn't put any
offense together and had 4 errors. The errors wouldn't hurt so much if
the offense makes up for the difference. Unfortunately, today there was
no offense. Jessica went 1-3, Andrea 2-2, but we couldn't push a run
across the plate. We tried to mix up some short game with our hitting,
to no avail. Katie pitched really well again, but the defense didn't
back her up.
Game two of the day, Kelsey got out of the first inning allowing one run
and we came back and were able to score in the bottom of the 1st inning.
We had a few more runners on base this game, but some base running
errors cost us our opportunities to score. We were down 4-1 and had our
last opportunity to stay in the game. We scored 3 runs in the bottom of
the 7th to tie it up with some help from Olympic's pitcher. We finally
saw some energy and excitement from the team. In the top of the 8th,
Olympic's power hitters came up and scored a 2 run home run. We couldn't
get back the 2 runs and the game was over. We had quite a few runners on
base from errors, but only had 4 hits all day. If we can get rid of the
defensive and base running errors we will see improvement. Brittnae 1-2,
Jessica 1-4, Andrea 1-3.
4/21/05 Green
River CC Postponed from 4/12/05 due to rain. L (11-0), L (14-2)
We have not been able to put together any productive offense or
affective defense in the last couple weeks and it showed today. Despite
the attitude of the team being much improved, GRCC hitters jumped on the
pitchers and put together hits combined with our errors to score a lot
of runs. Offensively, we had 7 hits in both games. Frustration continues
to grow, but we need to be able to get past it and play our game.
Brittnae went 2-6, Ashley 2-5, Jessica 1-3, Andrea 1-5, Kaitlin 1-5.
4/22/05 @Bellevue
CC L (9-8), L (2-1)
Prior to the games today, I talked with both the infield and
outfield about what they needed to do to have better games. The outfield
needed to make a better effort to catch every fly ball that came and the
infield needed to be less manic when a routine play was happening. It
was a quieter day on the field and we cut down on the defensive errors
and played really solid games. We had quite a few opportunities to score
runs in the first game, but were a little hesitant on the bases, which
cost us 2 or 3 runs. We needed to be more aggressive on the base path
and didn't take advantage of some passed balls. We scored 8 runs, 4 in
the 3rd inning and 4 in the 7th inning. We struggled laying down
sacrifice bunts so we'll be working on that. Andrea played a great game
at 3B and drove in Brittnae on an assisted 2-run home run in the 3rd
inning to add to two runs scored by Sandra and Ashley. Bellevue tied it
up in the 4th inning on a couple base hits and an error. They scored
another 4 runs in the 5th. We could have gotten down, but we played
great defense in the 6th inning to hold them and then scored another 4
runs on a double by Jessica, a couple passed balls and a beautiful slap
by Erin. We had the opportunity to score more, but left two runners on.
Bellevue came back in the bottom of the 7th to score after a double by
the lead-off batter, a sacrifice bunt to move her over and a slow ground
ball to 2B to score the run. Brittnae went 1-3 with 2 runs, Andrea 2-3
with 2 runs, Jessica 1-3 with 1 run, Erin 1-2 with 1 run. A much better
effort by all.
The second game was another battle. Kelsey pitched really well and threw
short innings. Defensively, we committed one error, which is much
improved from recent play. Bellevue scored in the 3rd and we answered in
the 4th with one run. We were much more aggressive on the bases and had
opportunities to score, but we couldn't push another run across. Once
again the bottom of the 7th, Bellevue got a couple runners on with walks
and then a hard hit ball to short scored the winning run. Jessica went
2-3 with 1 RBI for the only hits of the game. The girls were proud of
the games they played, but realize they need to hit the ball to score
runs.
4/23/05 Shoreline
CC L (4-0), L (9-0)
Both games against Shoreline tell the same story: we are struggling
to hit the ball and move runners around. We also had runners on base
and couldn't lay down sacrifice bunts, so the batter gives up 2 strikes
and the runner stays on 1B with 2 outs. We have to do better at the
basics of the game. The defense was solid in the first game and Kelsey
pitched a great game. She held Shoreline scoreless until the 5th inning
and then seemed to run out of gas in the 7th when Shoreline got 3 hits
and scored 2 more. Ashley went 1-3, Brittnae 1-3 double, Andrea 1-3
double, Kelsey 1-3, Sandra 1-2.
We had 2 opportunities to score in this game and were held scoreless
again with only 2 hits. Katie threw well the 1st inning, but struggled
in the 2nd when 2 runs scored before settling into the 3rd inning.
Ashley blocked a low pitch in the 3rd inning and hit her broken finger
hard. We took her out after she tried to bat and couldn't make it back
onto the field. She's been tough throughout the pain and has continued
to be a leader on and off the field. Shoreline scattered runs in the
rest of the game and ended up getting 9 total. In the 7th inning, the
leadoff batter hit a line drive up the middle off Katie's abdomen. She
was able to finish the inning, but will be in pain. Offensively, we had
two hits: Sandra went 1-3 and Kaitlin 1-3. The team enjoyed my coaching
antics today. I had a fun time arguing calls with the umpires, though
I nearly had a coronary after the 5th visit. I think I came out of the
dugout 6 times - at least half of them were calls that should've gone
our way. I don't think I've ever been homered on my own field as badly
as today, but when things aren't going well, it seems that everything
just doesn't go your way. One of those life lessons. We also have the
mid-season injuries piling up. I don't think there's a single person on
the team right now who isn't getting something taped, wrapped or
massaged.
4/26/05 Edmonds CC L (10 - 1), L (9 - 0)
We spend Monday's practice bunting, bunting, bunting, bunting and
more bunting. My goal for the team was to score one run in each game. We
stressed the importance of doing the little things because they often
add up to runs scored. They came out today dragging a little. The
injuries are really taking a toll: Jessica is in a knee brace and not
playing, Katie had an ultrasound on her stomach and though there is no
damage, she's not able to run well. Kelsey pitched both games and
Edmonds caught up with her quickly. They are a good hitting team and
showed it with repeated deep hits to the fence. We played pretty well
defensively, but did have one long inning in the first game due to 3
errors and some hard hit balls. Sandra went 1-2, Brittnae 1-3, Andrea
1-2 scoring the only run, and Leah 1-2.
In the second game, Edmonds came out swinging and never stopped. We were
unable to get any runs scored despite having a couple opportunities. We
had a really poor call at 1B by the field umpire to end the game. I gave
the girls that run scored despite the official scoring being different.
We executed every sacrifice bunt opportunity today, which was the second
goal I had for them. So despite the score, there were some good things
that came out of the games. Those little improvements are necessary to
play better ball. Andrea went 1-2 with a double and Kelsey 1-2. A much
needed day off tomorrow is in order.
4/29/05 @Everett
CC - L (5 - 4), L (10, 7)
4/30/05 @Peninsula
CC - L (10 - 2), L (10 - 1)
5/3/05 Skagit
Valley CC - L (4 - 3), W (5 - 1)
5/7/05 @Green
River CC - L (10 - 0), L (5 - 2)
5/13/05 @Olympic
CC - L (9 - 2), L (6 - 1)
5/14/05 Bellevue
CC - L (9 - 3), L (13 - 5)
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