This season Brantley's team is the Burlington Bees. This is the first Fall season where they have actually had team names instead of just team numbers. I like the uniforms. They have yellow (gold) shirts with very dark blue numbers. The hats are dark blue with yellow bills and bees on them. I'll take a picture Saturday to post.
Tonight was the first game of the season and Brantley started it off right. I was a little worried because he seemed to be struggling with batting in practice. It must be the pitching because another dad pitched tonight and he did just fine. We practiced for about an hour last night and his fielding was impressive. Another dad was there last night and he pitched to Brantley and his batting still seemed a little off last night.
Brantley was second in the batting order, after Carson. In the first inning, Brantley hit a nice ground ball between 1st and 2nd base getting him to first base. He played 2nd base in the bottom of the first. Brantley connected with Carson for the 4-3 out.
The batting order didn't come back around for Brantley to bat in the second inning. He played 2nd base again and again connected with Carson for the 4-3 out.
Top of the third, Brantley hit another base hit, this time with an RBI. Bottom of the third and fourth innings he played in the pitcher position. Once in both innings, he connected with Alex for the 1-3 out. He did get to bat in the fourth, but hit a fly out to the Short Stop.
Top of the fifth, another base hit with an RBI. He played 3rd base and got a ground out at third.
I'm starting to sound like a broken record. Top of the sixth, base hit with an RBI. He played first base and got a ground out. The other 2 outs for the inning were strike outs.
The unofficial score was Bees 18, Muckdogs 3. Brantley had 4 at bats, 3 hits, 3 bases, 3 RBIs, and 6 fielded outs. What a game! Oh, and he got the first game ball of the season. Very deserving I think!
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Yay for Brantley!
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