JL Sluggers @ Scitor Corporation

Still hobbled by injuries and playing with only nine players instead of the allowable ten, the JL Sluggers played a gritty game against Scitor Corporation. Pitching her second game in a row, Squirt started off allowing only three runs in the first inning and two runs in the second inning. Sadly, the JL Sluggers just couldn't hit the ball. Slowed by injuries across the board, they managed four hits in the first inning, but couldn't get a single player past second base safely. In the third inning, Scitor poured on the runs, scoring eight times to gain a 13-0 advantage. A defensive bright spot occurred in the final inning, as Wicked Hittah, playing an overshift for the left-hander at the plate, snared a ground ball, tagged the runner heading from first base to second, and flipped to G-Man to turn the succesful double play. It was the first of hopefully many more double plays turned by the JL Sluggers this season. Offensively, the JL Sluggers hit the ball well but struggled running the bases. Led by the heavy hitting of Special K, Greased Lightning, Walk Me, G-Man, and Sturgis, who each collected two hits in the game, the JL Sluggers threatened on occassion, but failed to cross home plate. In the end, Scitor Corporation got the win, by a final score of 18-0. The JL Sluggers long for the chance at revenge, when they can field a healthy team with enough players to fill each position.

The Player of the Night awards go to Walk Me, who displayed an impressive swing at the plate, collecting four hits in five at bats between the two games, despite suffering through a painful leg injury early obtained early in the night, and Law Dawg who reached base five times on the night in six chances, and provided key defensive help at shortstop and centerfield for the injury plagued Sluggers defense.

Pictured: Walk Me (left) takes a powerful cut at the plate, resulting in one of her four hits on the night. G-Man (right) eyes one of his four hits on the night.