City of Roses baseball tourney

Sebastian played in the City of Roses baseball tournament last weekend -- two games on Saturday, and then single-elimination play on Sunday. They played well on Saturday, with solid pitching and hitting and few errors, and won both games decisively. Seb closed out the first game, getting his team out of a sticky situation in the 4th inning with loaded bases and one out, and then shutting them down in the 5th inning. He was mostly in center field for the second game.

On Sunday morning, they had a tougher time. Seb came at the start of the 3rd inning and pitched fairly well, but his defense had a lot of trouble (so many errors!) and the other team scored five runs. The 4th inning was a lot better, but his arm started to get tired in the 5th, and then he hit his pitch count, so he had to come out. (He drew a crazy mustache on his face for Sunday.)

At the end of the game, with runners on 1st and 2nd, he hit a sweet double to the outfield and scored two runs. He stole 3rd, and then his coach had him steal home when the pitcher and catcher were getting lazy. He slid into home plate under the tag -- pretty exciting. But despite these last-minute efforts, they lost, and we all went home. Oh well. Plenty more baseball to come.