Pictures from Game 3

Game 3: Hounds lose 17–14, 1st loss of the season

Back at Colonel Charles Young field for Game 3, the Hounds took on Nice Assets. This would be the Hounds' first game as the "home" team. Unfortunately, things did not go that well. Right from the 1st inning, Nice Assets jumped out to a big lead. The Hounds were just not playing very well defensively and their bats were sleeping. Give credit to Nice Assets too, who had a well–rounded team. In the 3rd inning, the score was 12–1, and it looked like this game would be a whitewash.

Then the Hounds came alive. Mounting a comeback of epic proportions, the team rallied to make it a 3–run game with the tying run at the plate and two outs in the bottom of the last inning. Unfortunately, that would be as far as it goes as a fly out to right ended the game and dashed the Hounds' hopes of winning. The team was left wondering what might have been had they only played better in the early innings. Final result: Hounds lose 17–14.

Game 2: Hounds win 22–20

For game 2, we headed out to the fields at Colonel Charles Young Park in Harlem. Still pumped about playing phenomenal defense on the pristine field at Riverbank State Park in Game 1, the Hounds would be in for a rude awakening. 

Our opponents were a team called Kenny Show, and no one could know the slugfest that would lie ahead. The Hounds jumped out to a big lead in the first couple of innings, and it looked like we would coast to another victory. Offensively, everyone was part of the party.

With our ace pitcher Margaret not around, the Hounds turned to their captain George to pitch. Unfortunately, George had some control problems and the condition of the field didn't help the defense out much. Slowly but surely what was a 12–run lead evaporated to a 3–run lead heading into the bottom of the last inning. Kenny Show would add on another run and have the winning run at the plate with two outs. Then Rueben made what could be the most important play for the Hounds all season. Kenny Show's batter hit a line drive to left, and just as it looked like that would be the game–winning hit, Rueben dove and made a spectacular catch. Game Over, Hounds win 22–20.

Game 1: Hounds win 5–1

It was a great night for softball as the Hounds took the field for the first time ever. There was some confusion getting the lineup together, but everything eventually worked out. We played a team called Who's On First, and when one of their sluggers launched a ball over the right field wall, it looked like it would be a long night. Thankfully though, that only counted as a ground rule double as per the rules of the field.

We fell behind 1–0 early and it stayed that way for a couple of innings. Then the bats came alive, with Mega, Nate, and Danny being at the heart of the rally. Eventually we put 5 on the board and the pitching and defense took care of the rest. Margaret pitched a gem, throwing nary a bad pitch. Juiena dazzled with her glove, you could literally hear the wind being knocked out of our opponents on one double play she turned. The game went by really quickly and we played all 7 innings. The final result: a 5–1 victory for the Hounds in the all–important first game.