Royal York Cardinals vs. North Toronto A's - May 24, 2014

Today we travelled to Howard Talbot field in Toronto for our boys to take on the North Toronto A's.  Someone said this is the team that is currently in first place.  It was also said that they have a total of around 70 runs scored (between all the games they played so far) and only 5 runs scored against them.  This should be interesting!

 

Our boys were up to bat first and the A's took no time in shutting them down with no runs scored.  The A's were able to score their first run in the very 1st inning!  Wow, those boys can hit...HARD!  It is only the first inning but I can certainly see why there are in first place!

 

Neither team brought in runs in the 2nd innings!

 

Aaron went up to bat in the 3rd inning, with 1 out, and he walked to first base on ball four.  He was stealing second base when the batter pops up on the first hit.  The catch was made and Aaron was thrown out at first because he didn't make it back in time.

 

The A's brought in 2 more runs in the 4th inning.

 

We didn't get our first run until the 5th inning after the A's changed their pitcher!

 

Aaron went up to bat again in the 6th inning.  He hits, after a count of 2 and 2, and sends the ball into the outfield just past second base.  He makes it safely to first base and steals second.  The next kid pops up in the outfield and this time Aaron waits until the ball drops, and manages to score the team's second run.  The A's changed their pitcher, again, but our boys were able to get another run in...and TIED the game.  It was starting to look good for our boys but the Umpire made an unfair call at third base and ended the inning...with 2 of our boys on base.

The A's were not able to get any runs in the bottom of the 6th and the game ended in a tie.  Way to go boys...no one likes playing a game during the middle of the day when the sun is so hot.

Like Andy said, any team can be the best...until they meet better.  Today the A's met their equal!


Line it up boys...it's a tie!