I thought I would post on update on how things went last night.....DD threw a no-hitter through 5 innings. Umpire was giving the pitchers the inside and outside corners, so it was a tough night for batters. In the 6th inning she gave up two cheesy infield hits and we had one error to give up one run, so we go to the top of the 7th up 3-1. DD was starting to look gassed in the 6th, so I was surprised to see her go back out for the 7th considering we have 6 pitchers on the team, but no one was warming up and the coach apparently did not want to "burn a game" for one of the pitchers on the bench since high school limits the total number of games each player can participate in (and all of our pitchers could play JV or V).
1st batter in 7th my DD gets behind 3-1 in the count, and serves up a meatball that the batter rips to right field for a single - first legit hit DD gave up all game. DD then walks the second batter on 4 straight pitches - did I mention that she was gassed and had already thrown 100+ pitches? Third batter DD gets ahead 1-2 in the count and then hits the batter on the hands with a scrise ball that was a little to far inside. Based loaded nobody out. Next batter hits a single that goes right between my DD's legs......2 runs score - tie ballgame. DD is obviously gassed, but still no activity in the bullpen. Coach comes out to the mound for a conference. No idea what he said, but it obviously helped because my DD struck out the next two batters looking. She then walks another batter, loading the bases again. She gets ahead of the next batter 1-1 and then hits her with a screwball in the calf that she slings to give up the go ahead run. Next batter lines out to 2B to end the inning. I cannot believe that we are about to lose this game after my DD pitched so well for 6 innings. To make a long story a little shorter, we scored two runs in the bottom of the 7th to win 5-4 (other teams pitcher went all 7 innings too), so all is good in the world, but I need to get some heart medication and some sedatives if all of her high school games are going to be this dramatic!
1st batter in 7th my DD gets behind 3-1 in the count, and serves up a meatball that the batter rips to right field for a single - first legit hit DD gave up all game. DD then walks the second batter on 4 straight pitches - did I mention that she was gassed and had already thrown 100+ pitches? Third batter DD gets ahead 1-2 in the count and then hits the batter on the hands with a scrise ball that was a little to far inside. Based loaded nobody out. Next batter hits a single that goes right between my DD's legs......2 runs score - tie ballgame. DD is obviously gassed, but still no activity in the bullpen. Coach comes out to the mound for a conference. No idea what he said, but it obviously helped because my DD struck out the next two batters looking. She then walks another batter, loading the bases again. She gets ahead of the next batter 1-1 and then hits her with a screwball in the calf that she slings to give up the go ahead run. Next batter lines out to 2B to end the inning. I cannot believe that we are about to lose this game after my DD pitched so well for 6 innings. To make a long story a little shorter, we scored two runs in the bottom of the 7th to win 5-4 (other teams pitcher went all 7 innings too), so all is good in the world, but I need to get some heart medication and some sedatives if all of her high school games are going to be this dramatic!
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Seriously - congrats to your DD on a great game and to you for surviving.
