Tournament of Champions - Game 1

Wow….. What a game for the Cardinals, playing a tough team from the Pac-West Little League (the Red Sox) who were 10-1 on the season. The Cards led off in the field - Austin pitched close to 40 near perfect pitches holding them to one hit and no runs, and put on an amazing display of pitching! Kyle came in as the first relief pitcher. Kyle just started pitching near the end of the season, but has come on strong. Kyle came in at the top of the third inning, and his first inning as pitcher, one grounded out to Kyle, and two struck out, Kyle came back in the fourth to strike out two more and walked one (who later got tagged out stealing third, in a perfectly executed play!) to end the inning. Curtis came in to finish the last two innings matching the performance of Austin and Kyle. Thanks to a solid line drive into the 1-2 hole from Spencer, good for 2 runs, some fantastic work behind the plate from DJ and Matt, and a fantastic overall performance from the Cards, they went on to SHUT OUT the Red Sox, 5-0 in 6 innings!!

The Cards move on to play Sunday at Noon in what should be another fantastic game!!! A win Sunday would take them to the Championship game on Monday evening!

This post written by dad (Chris).

Kyle at bat....

Kyle as pitcher...
Kyle stealing third...