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Grandma Leman has requested that I post the baseball/softball schedules for you. Looking at the calendar, I think it might be easier for me to simply post the dates on which we do not have a game. Here are the schedules for all four teams. I will attempt to update this post periodically with scores and other notable items.

May 26 Rachel 6:00 W 10-8 2 walks, strikeout
May 31 David 5:30 Rainout

June 1 Drew 5:30 W 5-2 walk, strikeout , popout
June 2 David 1:30 W 15-3 groundout, single, strikeout, 1 IP 2R, K
June 4 Drew 5:30 L 11-4 strikeout, walk, strikeout
June 6 Rachel 6:00 L 17-7 2 walks, strikeout
_____Drew 5:30 W 13-11 2 singles, strikeout
June 7 David 5:30 W 18-11 Single, sac (RBI), groundout, strikeout
_____Rachel 6:00 L 20-17 3 walks.
June 9 Becca 9:00 Two great hits, she did not use the tee.
_____David 1:30 1IP, K, BB, 3H, HR. 2 runs allowed
_____________L 8-7 HBP, 2 walks, strikeout
_____Drew 11:00 L 14-5 2 strikeouts, ground out/fielder's choice
June 12 Drew 5:30 L 11-0 strikeout. Only one at bat, mercy rule
______Rachel 6:00 L 12-10 3 walks
June 14 David 5:30 Tie 7-7 strikeout, 2 groundouts
______Drew 5:30 W 17-5 single, lineout, groundout
_________________2IP, 1 hit, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts
June 15 Rachel 8:00 - Absent
June 16 Becca 9:00 - Absent
______David 1:30 - Absent L 4-3
June 18 Rachel 6:00 Tie 6-6 walk, strikeout
June 19 David 5:30 W 11-6 3 singles, walk
______________1 IP strikeout, 2 ground outs - pitch count 5
______Drew 5:30 W 18-8 walk, 2 strikeouts
June 20 Rachel 6:00 L 16-9 2 walks, strikeout
June 21 Drew 5:30 W 12-1 Groundout, strikeout, single
June 23 Becca 9:00 She had to use the tee one time, two hits
______Drew 1:30 Rainout
June 25 David 5:30 W 14-3 Walked twice
______Rachel 6:00 L 19-4 2 strikeouts
June 26 Drew 5:30 Rainout
June 27 David 5:30 W 10-1 single, strikeout
June 29 David 5:30 L 13-10 walk, 2 strikeouts
______Rachel 6:00 L 11-8 walk, 2 strikeouts
June 30 Becca 11:30 Two good hits
______Drew 1:30 L 13-8 walk, two strikeouts

July 2 Rachel 6:00 Absent
July 5 Drew 8:00 Absent L
July 7 Becca 9:00 Two hits, great defense
_____David 11:00 L 10-5 strikeout, single, 1 IP, one run allowed
July 9 Drew 5:30 Absent
_____Rachel 6:00 Absent
July 10 David 5:30 W 4-2 rain-shortened 2 innings. Single.
_____Rachel 8:00 Rainout
July 11 Drew 5:30 W 14-8 HBP, flied out, strikeout
July 12 David 5:30 W 12-11 Two walks. 1IP 3 hits,1 run
_____Rachel 6:00 L 18-15 Three walks
July 14 Becca 11:30 Three solid hits, great defense
_____Drew 11:00 L 7-3 Two strikeouts
July 16 David 5:30 W 14-2 Strikeout, single 1IP walked one, no runs
July 17 Drew 5:30 W 9-6 groundout, single (RBI), strikeout
_____Rachel 6:00 Rainout
July 18 David 5:30 W 13-3 Groundout, fielders choice. Nice catch out in center
July 19 Drew 8:00 Rainout
July 20 David 5:30 L 10-7 Two strikeouts, two walks
July 21 Becca 10:15 Absent
_____Drew 11:00 Tied 10-10 strikeout, groundout (RBI), walk. Drew made two good catches in the field
July 28 Becca 11:30 Up 4 times. Two hits, two outs. She played first base the whole game. She made several good defensive plays.
July 23-July 31 Tournaments

July 19 Rachel L 3-2 Two walks
July 20 Rachel L 11-10 Walked once. She got her first hit!
July 23 Drew L 18-2 Ouch. Drew was only up once, strikeout.
July 23 David W 8-6 Single (RBI), strikeout. 1IP 2 runs allowed
July 24 David L 6-5 Groundout (RBI), walk (caught stealing). This was Jefferson's team that we defeated for the title last year. We can meet them again for the title if we run the table through the loser's bracket.
July 26 Drew W 15-5 Two singles, walk. He made a couple of nice defensive plays.
July 26 David L 16-13 Walk, strikeout, left on deck at the end of the game. He was also the next pitcher scheduled to come out of the bullpen. We had the game in hand until the top of the last inning. We blew up and had our worst defensive inning all season. We gave up eleven runs to turn a four run lead into a seven run deficit. We came back with four runs of our own, but too little too late. The season ended with a baserunning miscue when we had two runners on the same base. A finish that was not deserved for a good season.
July 28 Drew W 14-8 Two singles, strikeout. Drew scored two runs and slid into home both times. I think that makes twice in his career. We played a great game this time. Everybody's bats came alive and the defense was tight. We earned the victory to come out on top of the loser's bracket in the tournament. The team received medallions for finishing in third place. Next year we're going to take it all!

Another update

I have been a little lax in my update for you, dear reader. I promised you a mention of David’s band concert nearly a month ago. He did a fantastic job. He had a solo during the jazz band portion of the performance. There was a slight mix-up in the microphone for the jazz band so his solo was the only one that didn’t get amplified. No worries though, he played nice and loud so we could all hear. He nailed it and we were all impressed. Scattered throughout the concert there were several and awards given to students. Things like best musician, most improved, and so on. There were a couple of times when the introduction sounded just like it was David. Alas, he failed to win any of the awards. Nevertheless, he enjoys playing in the band and I for one enjoy hearing him play.

Soccer season ended a couple of weeks ago. Becca finished the season with a .500 record. Rachel’s team entered the final game winless during the spring session. They brought their A game for the last week and finally notched a victory. They scored a total of 9 goals the entire spring season and 5 of them were in the last game. Rachel poured in a season high one goal. After the game the girls gave their coach their version of a Gatorade shower - they all sprayed him with their water bottles. A great finish to the season. Both girls are signed up for fall soccer so watch this space for information.