I'll do my best to blast through these before I have little time for writing. It also depends on how busy I am at work the rest of the day today, the last of the semester.
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Game 8 was played on June 3, this time at a middle school near Downtown Daegu. It was our return to division play and the start of our demise. As a reminder, we played and beat the Bus Drivers in the first game of the season, but there was some controversy where the Bus Drivers protested our win. After that, we did not win another game heading into this game.
Unfortunately for us, we fared no better in this one, falling 13-8 in a game that was a bit tight. In the first we scored a run, but the Drivers answered with three. We tied it in the top of the second, but the Bus Drivers answered with a five-run inning to take an 8-3 lead. We made it tight in the third by scoring three runs and another run in the fourth; however, the Bus Drivers three runs gave them an 11-7 lead after four. They added a run each in the fifth and sixth innings, giving them a 13-7 advantage heading into the final inning. In the top of the seventh, the Honey Badger could only muster a run, leading to the 13-8 final.
For the second straight week, we were short Johnson and Sundell. So we played 11 players. Also, McMillan was injured, so he played catcher the entire game and I put a female at 2B.
Lineup:
1 Keeler LF
2 DeBree RCF
3 Babin 3B
4 Gonzalez SS
5 Dustin 1B
6 Frank LCF
7 MaryKay ROV/2B
8 Halbreich RF
9 MJ ROV
10 McMillan C
11 Camille 2B/ROV
Top 1st:
Keeler 2B
DeBree Fly out, Keeler to 3rd
Babin RBI Sac fly (1-0)
Gonzalez GO, 5-3
Top 2nd: Trailing 3-1
Dustin 1B
Frank FO-9
MaryKay 1B
Halbreich RBI double (2-3), MaryKay out at 3rd
MJ Ground out, Halbreich to 3rd
McMillan RBI single (3-3), out trying to advance
Top 3rd: Trailing 8-3
Camille Lineout, 6
Keeler 1B
DeBree 1B
Babin Pop out, 6
Gonzalez RBI double (4-8)
Dustin 2-RBI single (6-8)
Frank FO
Top 4th: Trailing 8-6
Mary Kay GO, 6-3
Halbreich 3B
MJ RBI Groundout, 6-3 (7-8)
McMillan Popout, 6
Top 5th: Trailing 11-7
Camille out
Keeler 1B
DeBree 1B, Keeler out trying to advance to 3rd
Babin Popout, 6 (grrrrr last pitch and I had a shit pitch to swing at)
Top 6th: Trailing 12-7
Gonzalez out
Dustin out
Frank 1B
MaryKay out
Top 7th: Trailing 13-7
Halbreich 2B
MJ RBI single (8-13), out trying to advance to 2nd
McMillan 1B, advanced on error
Camille LO-5
Keeler FO