Almost there, but then not

Today was pretty much as hectic as expected, but it certainly could have been worse.

Darby's team was their prior-to-yesterday selves tonight, coming out strong in the beginning, scoring early, holding the opposing team off, maintaining their lead... until about half-way through the game and the other team broke it open, much the same way it happened last Thursday. After that point they were run ruled a couple of times, yet it wasn't a nearly complete floundering in the same way as yesterday. Meaning that the kids looked like they were ready to play and trying hard today in contrast to yesterday.

Darby didn't get any hits for the first time in a while, but she did hit the ball twice. It just so happened that both efforts were ground-outs to first, though the second was a sacrifice, moving another runner from second to third.

Darby played pitcher again today, but she had a better time of it today. She had a couple of good put-outs, one of which was particularly admirable. She stopped an infield grounder and ran down a runner that was bettween bases for the out.

Probably the best part of the game was that, for the first time, we had a completely revamped batting order, with all the top hitters stacked up at the top of the order. I think this helped them get their early momentum. If they can just keep from falling apart half-way through, they may break their winless streak yet.