NOWLIN: Softball weekend

Saturday Taylor had her first tournament with her new team, The Lil' Saints. They played 3 pool games on Saturday, 2:00, 3:30 at 5:00.... They won all 3 games and didn't have any runs against them... they did a great job. When her game was over we raced over to where Tori Jo was playing her first games of the fall season. She won her first game but lost the second game. She played really well, especially since this is her first game of minors ball, she can now steal home and run on the 3rd strike if the ball is dropped and she has also learned to slide. No more slow boring games, she has officially moved up and playing with the big girls :))
Sunday back to Taylors tournament. The first game she pitched and they pretty much dominated that game. The second game the same, but the last two games were very exciting. The third game went into 2 extra innings and Taylor pitched and held it together. I don't know how she does it, she doesn't get under pressure at all, or at least just doesn't show it. The championship game was against Scottsdale Fever and we played them our first pool game on Saturday and won 3-0. They were winning 9 to 2 in the 5th inning and we scored 4 runs. Fever is home team and they are up to bat with only 7 minutes left of the game. Our coach tells the umpire no warm ups and we start the inning... we get them out and we are up to bat and while batting time runs and so this is our last at bats. We score 5 runs and are up by 2. They bat and they have 2 on with one out and girl hits a hard high ball to center field she catches it and throws it to second where the girl had ran and we got a double play. It was another exciting game and very very late. That game started 2 hours late therefore we werent' home until 10:00 pm. It was a long day but very worth it. Taylor had and great first tournament with her new team and we are excited to play again soon.
Tatum was a trooper and hung with us all weekend in the heat. She starts her meets soon and are very excited to see her in her sport!