Similar performance, dissimilar results

Coming off the nice win yesterday, the girls hoped to snag a back-to-back win. But the other team wasn't particularly helpful in that regard, though we helped them out quite a bit with the early defensive miscues and late offensive mistakes. We lost 7-0.

Darby had another productive night, going 1 for 2 with a strikeout and a single. That single advanced a runner, giving us two runners on base with two outs and a chance to get on the board at least. Unfortunately the runner on second left the bag early and was called out. It just wasn't our night. Below is a video of Darby's single.

Defensively, coach had Darby at second base tonight because we were short-handed, playing with only two outfielders (which bit us badly when the opposition exploited that wide gap). She hadn't played second at all this year, or in quite awhile for that matter, but she did well with three solid stops (though only one was converted to an out), one of which was a sliding catch. Darby has the most experience at shortstop, second most at first, and probably equal experience at catcher and third. So second base, followed by pitcher, are her least proficient positions, which she was very self-conscious about the whole game. Below are a picture and a video of one of her stops.