On Saturday Carli had her first scrimmage as a member of the Texas Glory 2526 team. She was pretty excited to get her new uniform and sweatshirt. She's really taken to the girls and showed absolutely no nerves about being back on the mound in a game situation. Are we sure this kid is mine?!
The morning started off with a scrimmage against another 10u team. Carli did really well on the mound. As the lineup went on, she really got in her groove. It was a good experience. The batted through the line-up twice. Carli struck out 10 of the 20 batters she faced. She only walked 2 and hit one. Not too shabby. Carli's pitching coach has always said she's a contact pitcher. This was a little rec team, so we really expect in the tournament next wkd for her to have more hits off of her pitches, but she's got a good defense behind her to take care of that! Overall, she was very pleased and had a lot of fun!
After the scrimmage, the team had several fundraisers to do. All the girls had gotten pledges for a hit-a-thon. Carli had challenged her Daddy that she could beat him in money raised and she did! They hit off the pitching machine, which Carli has never done until she joined this team. I was pleased she got over her mental block about hitting off the machine. She hit the ball 130 ft. She actually hit one that would have gone further but she nailed the coach who was doing the machine! Over all, Carli raised $448.50 in pledges and Keith raised $130. Keith also participated in the homerun derby and got 3rd, hitting 3 over. Carli got 3rd in the base running contest, running the bases in 14.8 seconds!
The best part of the day was that Grammy, Pa, Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Johnny all came out to cheer on Carli. Their presence in addition to all our friends and family who sponsored Carli in her hit-a-thon was just an amazing example of the support system our girls have. We couldn't be more blessed!
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