Grand Slam!

Once again we spent our Saturday at Hudsons double headers. This time in Midvale. We went into these games with a 2-4 record. Hudson has never had a hit in any previous games. But his stats are still good. He's walked his fair share and he's been hit several times so I give him props for standing in there. He's one of the rotating pitchers so when he gets his turn, it really makes the games more interesting for me to watch. Saturday was an exception. Hudson didn't do so well pitching. He did however, hit everytime up to bat! I think just knowing he could boosted his confidence. His first up to bat he hit a foul ball, but way out to left field. He has some power behind that bat. Let me just say all us "moms" were surprised. Larry says he does it all the time in practice. Well practice and games are two different things. After the foul ball he hit a double. The Redhawks won their first game 21 to 6. The next game was against one of the best teams with a 6-1 record as of that morning. Let me set the scene. We are down 4 to 8. There is 5 minutes left in the game. Bases are loaded and Hudson is up to bat with 2 strikes against him. He swings, he connects, (picture above, I'm real mad I didn't have the video camra rolling) it flies out to left field, Hudson makes first base, we get a player home. The Black Sox overthrow it to third, we get another player home. Hudson advances to second, the ball is overthrown again to left field. Another player runs home, Hudson advances to third. The coach is yelling for him to run home, Hudsons running they throw the ball to the catcher who reaches out to tag Hudson at home and drops the ball. Hudson crosses home plate to tie the game 8 to 8! A Grand Slam! The whole team ran out of the dugout to congratulate him. We were going crazy in the bleachers! Hudson was beaming with excitement but still pretty modest. He had a childish grin as he gave me a "fist pound". The next picture is Hudson surrounded by some teammates after his game saving hit. Time has expired, we have the last ups so if we don't score again we'll go into overtime. No need for that we scored a run and game over 9 to 8. The Utah Redhawks are now 4-4 for the season. (you can visit their blog from my favorite people links) Gotta love America's favorite sport. Take me out to the ballgame, baby!