Lucky Boy!

Sometimes I think Josh is the luckiest boy in the world…

Last night we had game two of the championship tournament. The team we played was seeded #8, but had beat the #1 seed in game one, so we were not sure what to expect. It was a tough game. We were neck and neck the whole way through. Josh had a great game. He smacked a killer triple in the bottom of the second inning.

We were tied at the top of the fifth inning and had to win it. If you are still tied after time expires they start to go through a list of statistics to determine the winner. We had fewer defensive outs and would have lost. We put a new pitcher in and he struck out three boys out in a row. It was amazing considering the amount of pressure this poor nine-year-old way under.

So it is the bottom of the fifth inning and we are still tied. The first boy gets up and strikes out. Josh gets up and gets two strikes right away. I could tell he wanted so badly to hit that he couldn’t keep himself from swinging. Luckily, he found some patience and was walked to first base. The next boy up is our best player. He hit a great double down the first base line and advanced Josh to third base. The next boy gets up to bat…by this time the pitcher is tired and throwing some pretty wild pitches to the back-up catcher (their starting catcher got ejected from the game in the second inning after striking out and throwing his bat and batting helmet to the ground on his way back to the dugout). A few balls got past the catcher, but he was able to get them fairly quickly. On the third pitch, the ball got past the catcher and Josh ran for home. That boy can run fast, but the pitcher and catcher made it to home plate before he did. He slid in hard and the catcher tagged him…then bam, out falls the ball. He inched his foot to the base and was safe.

By that point I felt like I was going to puke! He was so excited and I was a pretty proud sports mom…like I said, that boy is lucky!