An encouraging 10-1 loss

Yes, we lost to the Red Sox, 10-1. But let me tell you why I'm more encouraged with this loss than Wednesday's defeat.

Tonight, our pitchers threw a lot of strikes. That the other team's good hitters is somewhat beside the point.

AB, our starter tonight, does not have blazing velocity on the mound. He's a 9-year-old who's arm has improved vastly from last year at this time when he was starting his first season of organized baseball, and playing catcher almost every inning on a bad Pee-Wee team. I told him it was most important to throw strikes, and for the most part he did. We made a few plays in the field behind him, but for the most pat, the balls they put in play resulted in runners on base.

Our second pitcher, MF, is a 10-year old that has never played organized baseball before now, and he got the bottom of the Red Sox' order out. He did a good job throwing strikes once he settled down.

That the weather was nice also helped, A LOT!!! We play them again tomorrow, our ace will pitch that game, and hopefully keep us in it and give us a chance to win.