Re: Compuware ? ? June 12-15
Buckeye Heat Allen goes 3-1 on the weekend. Saturday morning they held off a tough Valley Sting team with a 1-0 victory. Saturday night brought the Colorado Quicksilver.
Strong defense kept the game 0-0 until the bottom of the 4th inning when the QS plated their first run. BH failed to score the next 2 innings, coming down to top of 7th, runner on 3rd, 2 outs, 2 strikes...line drive up LF line. Run scores, tie ball game. Next batter again goes to a 2 strike count, and forces defense into a costly overthrow. Runner scores from 1st. BH leads 2-1. Bottom half of the inning QS puts together three 2 out hits and ties the game 2-2. ITB. BH does not score when runner is called out at the plate (we all know she was safe!). QS comes up, BH gets 2 outs on them, then it happened. Lazy pop fly to short right/center. BH center fielder totally lays out for the ball and misses by less than a foot. QS score. Game over. 2-3
Now, I know there are those of you who do not believe in a "good loss". But if ever there was such a thing, this was the game. I am so proud of these girls!