Padres vs. Astros (Game 2)

A thriller with all the excitement that makes LL Baseball so much fun, that's for sure! After trailing 6-0 and 7-1, our boys charged back and lead 10-7 going into what was likely to be the Astro's final at-bat. A dramatic 2 run HR by Joel broke a 7-7 tie. We added one more after that. The Astros wouldn't go quietly though. In that final AB they eventually loaded the bases. Down to their final strike, one of their boys came up with a huge bases clearing double into the gap in right-center to apparently tie the game.

Then one of the craziest plays that we'll likely see this year happened. The runner who came around from first to scored missed home plate. We got the ball in, but Cordell didn't realize all he had to do was step on the plate for the chance to appeal for an out to the umpire. Instead he went into the Astro's dugout looking for that baserunner. In the process he tagged about 8 different players and an assistant coach. After what took on the look of a rugby scrum where kids were blocking Cordell and trying to get their guy out the door and back to the plate, we finally got our out at home and sealed the deal on a very heartbreaking loss for a really game Astros team.