Lightning Strikes Twice

I've been a delinquent blogger lately. Sorry. We've been inundated with family over the last week, which made it a bit difficult to sneak away to the office. So, here's the catch-up report...

Game 18: Immanuel CMA won 20-10
(the second half of the double-header was called due to the weather)

Game 19: Immanuel CMA won 17-7
Game 20: Immanuel CMA lost 10-2

2008 Season record: 11-9

Now, the whole lightening striking twice thing. Tuesday night (game 18) was stormy all around us, but not at the field where we were playing. Which is a good thing when you consider that we were holding 34" lightning rods every time someone stepped up to hit. But there was something definitely in the air that night because we broke out for 20 runs in 4 innings. Well, really, it was pretty much two innings - 10 in the 2nd, and 9 in the 4th.

Same lightning in a bottle on Thursday night (though it was a beautiful night for softball - no storms anywhere to be found). We busted out for 17 runs in 4 innings, 11 in the 3rd alone. Yes, our bats did finally go to bed in the second game, but I cannot complain at all.

What makes this sweeter is that we were able to shake some significant monkeys off our backs this week. We beat the top two teams in our division this week, one of whom was previously undefeated so far this year. Against these two teams, we were a combined 2-10 over the last couple of seasons, so it felt good to get the runs in bunches, and to play the defense to make the scores stand up.

Can we keep this up the entire second half? Only time will tell. But it was a fun week, not only because we won (which certainly helped, don't get me wrong), but because we are finally starting to play like the team I know we are, and we're starting to click with each other. I think the second half of the season is going to be spectacular.

If you haven't done so yet, I really encourage you to come out and join our wonderful fans for a game sometime. We may not always win, but our fans always do!