Two Weeks, No Wins, One Return, One Injured ...

Softball in 2015 started with a bang and now Earth is slamming into our backside,,, with relish. After winning the 2014 Season 6 D2 Championship and two Season 1 games in early January, life on the OBI side of the fence seems to have not been over seeded.

Two close losses to the Heights were followed by two whippings by Shock Therapy. And now, against 2nd 2 None, Injury ruled the night. First, Matt returned and his back has recovered well enough that the ball was jumping off his bat. Second, after OBI tied game 1 8-8, Michael felt a right hamstring pull during a play and joins the IR for a few weeks. OBI lost game 2 and now sits 0-5-1 over the past 3 weeks after starting the year 4-0.

Having missed the Shock Therapy week of games, I reached out to a few teammates to get the skinny and put the week in perspective. Basically, the suggested missives were all as follows: We got our ass kicked!  Ok, 'Nuff Said...

Game 1 this week ended up in a tie. The proverbial kiss of the sister,,, well, at least We Kissed A Girl !?!?!?? The 8-8 tie was close throughout and was most notable as JuanR played against us and seemed to play better than typical on Defense,,, Curse You, Batman!!!

Down 6-3 going to the top of the 4th inning, with one out, Jakob, Jayse, Paul, Nuta and Larry collected consecutive hits. And with Matt rounding out the hitting with an RBI single of his own, OBI took a 7-6 lead. Welcome back, Matty!

John drove in the 8th run in the fifth inning and OBI held an 8-7 lead going to the bottom of the last (sixth) inning. With one-out, a 305' Big Fly tied the game at 8 and that is where we stayed.

Game 2 started with Michael pulling his right hamstring when the third batter grounded a slow roller to the 5-6 hole. Assisted from the field, Michael has been treating his leg since that moment and expects to missed 3-4 weeks. An 11-13 loss was tough to take as other OBIers were forced to play out of position to make up for Michael's hammy (or lack thereof).

Matt, Steve, and Clint were exemplary hitting 1,2,3 while going 8-10 while scoring 6 runs and driving in 5 runs. John, Paul and Nuta each collected 2 hits in the game. Down two runs in the bottom of the 6th and final inning, the tying runs were on base as the last two OBI hitters flew out to LF.

Well, here are the stats for our 2015 Season 1 start... Michael will be prepared on Thursday to bark orders, keep score, and coach the base closest to the dug out... See ya there!!!