ASE Pee Wee Baseball: ASE Team News

Well it was a game that saw both teams have some opening game jitters. Going into the game I knew we had better play pretty good to even have a chance to be in the game. National Family has 8 returners from last season and should be one of the best teams in our league this year. We jumped on them early as Ty Jones started the season off with a base hit to left field. Jacob Null then singled to score Ty for a 1-0 ASE lead. Kaiden Kuykendall went down swinging for the first out of the inning. Marlon Briggs then singled to put runners on 1st and 2nd with only one out. Steffan Fak hit into a forceout but Jacob scored on the play for a 2-0 lead. Aiden Taylor would then single but Brennen Linson went down on strikes and our half of the inning was over.

National Family would come right back at us hitting the ball but our defense was up to the challenge. Their first batter hit to Jacob who scooped the ball up and threw to Steffan for a quick out. Their next batter grounded a ball to Kaiden at 2nd base who made a nice stop but Steffan was unable to handle the throw at 1st base. A single and then a forceout would lead to a National Family run and suddenly it was only a 2-1 ASE lead. Their last batter of the inning would go down on strikes and we clung to the 1-run lead.

The 2nd inning would see both teams struggle at the plate. Eli Thomason, Justice Lincks and Nathan Fuhrman all went down swinging and it was a very quick inning for us. After a single by National Family, Marlon Briggs would catch a pop fly for the first out of the inning. Their next two batters went down on strikes and the score remained 2-1 after two full innings of play.

Ty led off the top of the 3rd for us going down swinging but Jacob picked him up with a single to right field. Kaiden then hit a hard ball up the middle that Dez Lopez made a nice play on for National Family to get a forceout on Jacob. Marlon was then swinging for the fences and went down on strikes to end our half of the inning. National Family would have the top of their order due up in the bottom of the inning and they would take advantage. A couple of singles would put runners on 1st and 2nd. Jacob Null then threw a couple of runners out at 1st but a couple of runs would score on the plays and National Family took a 3-2 lead heading into the last inning.

Steffan led off the top of the 4th with an inside the park home run to tie the game at 3. That would be all the action for the rest of the night as from that point on, neither team could reach base and the game would end tied at 3. It was a good first game for our young ASE squad. I'm very proud of them and look forward to Thursday night. See you all at 7:00!

Well, I guess it's better late than never! In a game that saw both teams really struggle at the plate, we finally came alive in the bottom of the 3rd inning and rallied for a 6-0 win over HBI. The strikeout bug bit both teams for much of the game, but our kids eventually came through.

HBI batted first and could not get anything going. Jacob Null and Steffan Fak teamed up on a very good play to keep HBI from scoring a run in the inning. The bottom of the inning would see us struggle as well. Ty Jones did get things started right with a base hit, but then a rare strikeout from Jacob Null and Kaiden Kuykendall. Marlon Briggs picked his teammates up with a base hit that scored Ty for a 1-0 ASE lead. Steffan then went down swinging to end the inning.

The 2nd inning would see neither team put hardly a bat on the ball. Aiden Taylor did hit the ball but was thrown out at 1st base on a close play. After two full innings of play, we lead 1-0. The top of the 3rd inning was much of the same for HBI. Three kids came to the plate and three struckout. Pretty much a snoozer to this point in the game. Our kids would suddenly change that!

Justice Lincks and Nathan Fuhrman both had some very good swings but went down on strikes. With two outs we would suddenly start a big rally. Ty reached on an infield single and Jacob would hit a high pop up that HBI was not able to corral. Kaiden would then also reach on an infield single to load the bases with Marlon at the plate. Marlon smacked a ball to left field to score two runs and give us a 3-0 lead. Steffan then followed that up with a base hit of his own scoring two more runs and suddenly our kids were going nuts in the dugout. Aiden Taylor finished the 5-run inning off with a double that scored Steffan and gave us a 6-0 lead. Wow, what a big 2-out rally by this group of young kids! That was fun.

The time limit had expired but HBI had two batters that had not batted so the umpires let both kids bat and the game was called with us notching the 6-0 win. Just when it looked like we had all but fell asleep, our kids rallied late and got us a big win. Great job tonight guys. See you on Monday at 6:30 for pictures.

Our week 1 player of the week is Aiden Taylor. He went 3 for 4 at the plate in our two games this week and made a couple of very good plays on defense. Aiden is really making good contact at the plate and looks like he's going to be one of our more consistent hitters. Great job this week Aiden, we are very proud of you!