Beat at Southaven

Well......they say it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.....try to convince 10 year olds of this! We started off really rocky...REALLY rocky.

First of all, two of our mom's got speeding tickets on the way to Southaven, MS Friday afternoon (and yes, I was one of them) and another mom broke down on the side of the road 100 miles out Saturday morning. So, that was a rough start all by itself.

Then someone besides the Bulldogs showed up to play at 9:30PM Friday night. It was funny because they had our sons' bodies but didn't play like our boys. We lost our first game 2-3. We went back to our hotel rooms with our tails tucked.

Saturday morning they woke up with a renewed sense of what baseball is all about! We won the first game 10-1. Daniel Freeman sent one sailing over the fence with bases loaded - our first grand slam. Then a few batters later, John Turner sent one sailing over the fence with two on base. What a wonderful win!

The tournament was set up to start Saturday night. So after one loss and one win, we were seeded 6th and getting ready to play the #10 seed at 6PM Saturday. We won that one 18-1 in the 3rd inning. Yes, you read that right! 18-1!!!! Austin Steel (my son!) send TWO sailing over the fence, both times, bases loaded. He hit two grand slam homeruns in the same game. Then Daniel sent another one over the fence for his second homerun of the day! The boys were definitely on a high.

Austin jumping on homeplate after 'trotting' around the bases following his grand slam!

We headed back to the hotel for a little fun and relaxation. Maybe too much relaxation.

Sunday they showed up looking like the same boys that played Friday night. The opposing team shut us down 0-3 in 6 full innings. This is the first time in kid pitch that we have been shut out. Bummed and sad, we packed up and headed home. We are still undefeated in TN and our record is 12-4. We still have alot of baseball coming this season so stay tuned!