Road Trip # 2

The Mets made their second road trip of the year returning to StoneCrest to play a doubleheader. They didn't play their best games of the year but still played hard and hopefully enjoyed the beautiful day. In the first game the Prestonsburg Yankees won 15 to 7. It was 10 to 7 when the Yankees scored 5 runs in their last at bat. In the second game, the Prestonsburg Red Sox won 10-9 by scoring a run in the bottom of the last inning to break the 9-9 tie. I'm not one to usually make excuses but when you see the post game pictures below you'll see why I want the Mets feel a little better about the games. In the first game the Yankees were 3 players short so they got 3 of the better players(if not the best) from the Red Sox to be able to have enough. In the second game the Red Sox were one short and their coach asked me if his older son could play. He said he would definitely understand if I said no but he's a good guy and his son is a good boy so I told him it was fine with me. He's a good player and his plays in the outfield, including a catch of a very well hit ball by Kyle, not to mention his hitting made a difference. In each instance I was asked if it was alright and I agreed since they allowed some HAP teams to borrow players the last time we were there. Hopefully it was good preparation for the tournament.

Pre-game dugout

Hitters of the games: For the day Jaxon, Kyle, and Byron all had 6 hits. Bradyn had 4 hits, Grant had 3, Laken and Hunter each had 2 hits and Kayla had a big hit that drove in a much needed run. Kaitlyn hit the ball a couple of times but they got the out at first.



Fielders of the game: We didn't field the ball like we usually do but we made a few plays in the second game. For the day Bradyn got out of his catchers crouch very quickly to get the ball and make an out at home. Kyle got 4 outs himself and threw to Jaxon for another out. Grant got an out himself and threw to Jaxon for another. Jaxon caught a line drive on one play and got two more outs on ground balls to first.



I think you can tell that the pictures below were post game.

Fan of the game, Hunter with dad, coach Breck.

The tournament starts Monday. We play the Reds at 5:30. Please try to be there by 5:15 at the latest. They will try to start the games on time so we can get the completed in time.