Games 3 & 4 are in the books

Game 1: Immanuel Church won 15 – 9
Game 2: Immanuel Church won 16 - 6

Ladies and gentlemen, and anyone else who may be reading this, let me introduce you to the real Immanuel Church Men’s Softball Team!

After Tuesday’s rather frustrating losses, I was concerned how our team was going to bounce back. Historically, we have struggled to bounce back from early disappointment (0-11 to start 2006, 0-7 to start 2007). I really feared we were headed down that path again.

Well, my fears were definitely unwarranted, and, if any of my guys are actually reading this, I sincerely apologize for not giving all of us enough credit. If there’s anything I’ve tried to ‘teach’ our team, it’s to have a short-term memory. Guess it’s time for me to take my own advice!

We came out last night, bats a-blazing, and we never slowed down. Between the two games, there was only one inning we went down in order, and only three innings that we didn’t score. And we were strong from top to bottom. Here’s the most impressive statistic of the night, in my opinion…

Batters 9 – 12 were a combined 14 for 25, with 11 runs scored and 9 RBI’s. By comparison, my top 4 were a combined 14 for 30, with 10 runs scored and 15 RBI’s (4 of which came on a Grand Slam in game 1). When the bottom of the order performs as well as, if not better than, the top of the order, only good things can happen!

Glad I didn’t need that dynamite!