Spring 12U Softball - April 2021


Erin faces her Fall team the next two games, 6 on Reign and 5 on Thunder

Erin faces Reign w/Cassidy pitching, up 1-0, w/1 out & Sayda @ 2nd

Erin hits a bouncer left of Cassidy with Sayda advancing

Erin's ball gets by Cassidy and she beats the throw made by the shortstop

Sayda is sent home and the 1st baseman throws to catcher Sarah

Sarah makes the catch as Sayda slides into Erin's bat

Sarah lays down the tag with Blue perfectly positioned

Blue calls Sayda out for the 2nd out, Erin later puts the Stealers up 2-0

Two Reign Run-Rules and a 3-up-3-down Stealer 2nd later, Erin up in the 3rd

She hits the ball off the end of the bat, a weak bouncer to Cassidy

Who makes the play and throws Erin out, Miina then strikes out, Game Over

Cassidy allows 5 hits, 3BBs w/3Ks & the 3-up-3-down second inning seals it

Walking Reign's bottom 3 ended the Stealer's chance for victory

Stealers only getting two outs in two innings dooms the team to a 10-3 loss

Erin faces her Spring 2020 team and half the players from Fall 2020

Melody pitched yesterday so Kimora pitches for Thunder today

Shayne scores the second run on a passed ball but the prior 3 all singled

Visiting Thunder run-ruled Stealers in the 1st with 2 hits, 5 walks & 2Ks

Danielle scores as Erin clears the bases by standing in the batter's box

Kimora gets one over the plate and Erin pops it over 3rd's glove

Erin is last to score after a double play ends a promising inning

The Stealers get 3 outs and hold Thunder to 3 runs in the 2nd

The 3 Up, 3 Down in the 2nd hand the Stealers another loss

Thunder's run-rule in the 3rd put the game out of reach, so no Home at-bat

Stealers put 6 on base in 2 innings while Thunder put 18 on base in 3

The team with better pitching wins the majority of the time in 12U

Discover Morton Salt is a major sponsor of the softball league

Erin and Stealers face Renegade with past Thunder teammate Hayden

Erin up 4th after three straight walks to start the 1st inning

A passed ball scores leadoff batter Skylah

The Renegade pitcher gets one across the plate and Erin misses swinging

Next pitch goes behind her and to the backstop

Scoring Shayne;   Erin thought she had a walk but had only 3 balls & 1 strike

Next pitch is high and wide right so Erin gets the walk

Erin clears the bases without touching the ball as Danielle scores

Erin scores during Miina's at-bat who will be the 5th of the run-rule

Erin bats in the 2nd with Stealers up 8-5 w/traded run-rule innings

She pops out but Shayne running by distracts the shortstop who drops it

Shayne goes in to score the 4th run of the inning

Danielle scores during Miina's at-bat for a second straight run-rule

Erin takes over catching for Shayne in the 3rd for her to pitch

Extra inning started with a runner on 3rd & 2nd, both scored, both teams

Stealers started the 2nd with 2 outs but still gave up 5 runs, alas

The game goes down as a tie 15-15 but Stealers won 4 outs to 1

Back in Galveston on April 12th, Aunt Kathy's favorite field . . . Schlitterbahn

Stealers face the Galveston Herricane with Erin on deck

Danielle up w/Shayne on base after Skylah and Sydah struck out

Danielle walks and gets to 2nd after Erin's first pitch, a ball

Next pitch, a ball as well, gets by and lets Danielle get to 3rd

Third pitch is down the middle and faster than Erin's bat, count 2-1

Danielle's lead gets a throw to 3rd and a bad throw back home for a score

Next pitch is on target and faster than expected, count now 2-2

The next pitch isn't acted on & Blue rings Erin up, 3rd out, Stealers up 2-0

Stealers hold Herricanes to zero runs with a confusing double play in the 1st

Stealer's 2nd has Maggy walking after Cina & Miina strike out, DeElle will be the 6th K to end the inning, Herricanes follow with a run-rule, & lead 5-2 after 2

Stealer's 3rd has Skylah hitting an in-the-park HR and three more Ks

Herricanes run out the time with 2 more runs and win 7-3

Herricane pitcher as good as Stealers faced all season w/all 9 outs as Ks

Pitching decides the game again as Stealers get one out the last two frames

Final local game April 13th versus the Llamas and Erin's first coach

A cold front comes through and we have a brief rain halt but restart

Florence is fast but has less control in the rain as Danielle scores

Poor videography misses Erin getting drilled in the back

She slides off 3rd stealing, tagged out w/too much joy from Llama coaches

Promising 1st ends abruptly & a Llama run-rule puts the game out of reach

Stealers surprise the Llamas in the first but collapse in the second

Stealers have their final practice on April 18th

Started with fielding practice and finished up with a bat around

The team enjoys an hour of actual practive and then go to kick ball

The girls take on the parents and bat/kick first

Erin and the girls try hard kicks in the first but get out quickly

Coach Kelly and the parents can get the ball further out and get on base

Coach Danielle can still run out the play and get to first

Erin, Deseray and Maggy defend the left side

The parents are able to score a couple runs an inning

The girls resort to bunts to get on base and do so half the time

Deseray gets on base with a successful bunt

Miina fouls a couple bunts and then kicks and easy fly ball

Sayda helps the girls tie the game up in the 4th inning

Maggy pitches to DeElle & Deseray's mom

The parents score a multiple run inning and eek out the win versus the girls as the field time comes to an end

Erin makes the play as the final practice comes to an end

Stealers back in Texas City for the final game of the season

Facing No Fear again, team we lost by 1 to in the 2nd game of the season

Erin hopes to keep the inning going after two leadoff outs

She hits a fly to shortstop who makes a good catch and gets the 3rd out

Visiting Stealers score 1 in the first and must rely on defense

Wings of Heritage Park in the background with 1913 Biplane and F-100F

No Fear bats bottom of 1st with Shayne catching, Erin at 3rd, Deseray in left, Skylah at shortstop, Danielle pitching allowing one run to tie the game, 1-1

Right side D: Maggy in center, Sayda @ 2nd, Miina @ 1st & DeElle in right

Stronger D plus throwing & base running errors have Stealers come up short

The final Stealers team gathering and post game debriefing

We didn't win alot but still had fun and made new friends

One, two, three, Stealers!     See you in the offseason!

Funny team photo . . . don't cross daughter & mom, Shayne & Kelly!

Spring 2021 Stealers Left-to-Right Top: Coach Danielle, Miina, Danielle, Skylah, Cina, Maggy, Erin, Coach Kelly
Left-to-Right Botton: Amiyah, Shayne, Deseray, DeElle, Caymbria, Sayda, Team Mom Evelyn