September 20, 2004
Rockets Take 2nd Place at
OGSA AFA National Qualifier
The competition arrived early Saturday morning only to wait till the rain past through and the fields to dry out. But they would have to wait long to get started on the new state of the art softball fields at the new OGSA fields located off Lone Elm. With a few hours of delay the Rockets took the field 12:28 pm to shut out the Blue Springs Lightning White in a 8-0 victory. The 4:00 pool game got started at 5:18 against the Flash. Playing strong defense the Flash stopped the Rocket Offense with 6 hits but only allowing 2 runs, but the Rockets defense kept the Flash from scoring with some very awesome playmakers at second base. With most of the Flash hits traveling toward the right side Kayla M. stayed busy and covered a lot of ground to shut the Flash offense down and didn't allow a single run making the final score Rockets 2 Flash 0. The competition got better as the day got longer. The next game against the HotStix and well respected 1st year 12U team held the Rockets with a 2 run lead until the 3rd inning with two runners onbase Laura V. hit a in park homerun to make it 4 - 2. Placing 1st in the pool the Rockets would face Hotstix again in the 1st game of the bracket that would go into extra innings for a tie breaker that would result in another Rockets 9-4 win. The Rockets faced the Colorado Styxx who had traveled out of the Denver area to try their bats for the National Qualifier. The game remain scoreless until the bottom of the 3rd inning when the Styxx broke lose with their bats and put 4 runs onto the board. The Rockets struggled with their bats but could only manage to get 1 run across the plate early in the 5th inning.
Rockets will take off the next weekend for practice and plan to return to Basehor in October for another heated battle. For the play by play action please visit our Rockets News Section
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 2:13PM |
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| Top of 1st - Rockets 12U Class A |
| Unknown pitching: |
| -- Alex Sirmans: |
Strike Looking, Strike Looking, Foul, Alex Sirmans lined out to short. |
| -- Anna Cole: |
Strike Looking, Strike Swinging, Anna Cole flied out to short. |
| -- Laura Vickers: |
Strike Looking, Laura Vickers doubled. |
| -- Katie Williams: |
Ball, Laura Vickers stole third, Ball, Katie Williams grounded out to second. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Bottom of 1st - Colorado stix |
| Katie Williams pitching: |
| -- Player 1: |
Player 1 grounded out to second. |
| -- Player 2: |
Strike Looking, Player 2 grounded out to third. |
| -- Player 3: |
Ball, Foul, Strike Swinging, Ball, Player 3 grounded out to the pitcher. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Top of 2nd - Rockets 12U Class A |
| Player 1 pitching: |
| -- Kaley Patterson: |
Strike Looking, Strike Looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Kaley Patterson grounded out to second. |
| -- Chelsea Parr: |
Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike Swinging, Chelsea Parr out dropped 3rd strike. |
| -- Kelsey Davis: |
Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike Swinging, Kelsey Davis struck out swinging. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Bottom of 2nd - Colorado stix |
| Katie Williams pitching: |
| -- Player 4: |
Foul, Player 4 singled. |
| -- Player 5: |
Ball, Ball, Player 5 grounded out to third, Player 4 to second. |
| -- Player 6: |
Player 6 grounded out to the pitcher, Player 4 to third. |
| -- Player 7: |
Ball, Foul, Foul, Player 7 grounded out to second. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Top of 3rd - Rockets 12U Class A |
| Player 1 pitching: |
| -- Kayla Morse: |
Kayla Morse hit sacrifice bunt to first. |
| -- Michele Rupard: |
Michele Rupard hit sacrifice bunt to first. |
| -- Alex Sirmans: |
Ball, Strike Swinging, Ball, Strike Looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Alex Sirmans struck out swinging. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Bottom of 3rd - Colorado stix |
| Katie Williams pitching: |
| -- Player 8: |
Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike Looking, Player 8 singled, Player 8 was awarded second. |
| -- Player 9: |
Player 9 hit sacrifice bunt to third, Player 8 to third. |
| -- Player 1: |
Foul, Player 1 singled. |
| -- Player 2: |
Strike Looking, Foul, Player 1 stole second, Foul, Foul, Player 2 on base dropped 3rd strike, Player 8 scored on passed ball, Player 1 to third. |
| -- Player 3: |
Strike Looking, Player 2 stole second, Foul, Foul, Player 3 singled, Player 1 scored, Player 2 to third. |
| -- Player 4: |
Foul, Strike Looking, Player 4 struck out swinging. |
| -- Player 5: |
Foul, Player 3 stole second, Foul, Player 5 singled, Player 2 scored, Player 3 scored, Player 5 to second on throw. |
| -- Player 6: |
Player 6 grounded out to the pitcher. |
| End of Inning (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Top of 4th - Rockets 12U Class A |
| Player 1 pitching: |
| -- Anna Cole: |
Anna Cole safe at first on pitcher Player 1's fielding error. |
| -- Laura Vickers: |
Ball, Anna Cole tagged out going to second, Ball, Laura Vickers grounded out to the pitcher. |
| -- Katie Williams: |
Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Katie Williams walked. |
| -- Kaley Patterson: |
Kaley Patterson grounded out to first. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors) |
| Bottom of 4th - Colorado stix |
| Katie Williams pitching: |
| -- Player 7: |
Player 7 grounded out to the pitcher. |
| -- Player 8: |
Ball, Strike Looking, Player 8 flied out to second. |
| -- Player 9: |
Player 9 flied out to right. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Top of 5th - Rockets 12U Class A |
| Player 1 pitching: |
| -- Cassie Plummer: |
Strike Looking, Cassie Plummer grounded out to second. |
| -- Kelsey Davis: |
Strike Looking, Ball, Strike Looking, Foul, Kelsey Davis struck out swinging. |
| -- Kayla Morse: |
Kayla Morse grounded out to the pitcher. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Bottom of 5th - Colorado stix |
| Laura Vickers pitching: |
| -- Player 1: |
Ball, Ball, Ball, Player 1 walked. |
| -- Player 2: |
Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Player 2 grounded out to the pitcher, Player 1 to second. |
| -- Player 3: |
Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike Looking, Strike Looking, Player 3 grounded out to left, Player 1 to third. |
| -- Player 4: |
Player 4 grounded out to short. |
| End of Inning (1 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Top of 6th - Rockets 12U Class A |
| Player 1 pitching: |
| -- Michele Rupard: |
Ball, Ball, Ball, Michele Rupard walked. |
| -- Alex Sirmans: |
Alex Sirmans on base by fielder's choice, Michele Rupard forced out at second. |
| -- Anna Cole: |
Anna Cole grounded out to first, Alex Sirmans to second. |
| -- Laura Vickers: |
Laura Vickers tripled, Alex Sirmans scored. |
| -- Katie Williams: |
Ball, Katie Williams grounded out to short
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| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) |
| Bottom of 5th - Colorado stix |
| Laura Vickers pitching: |
, Player 1 scored.
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) |
