Evan's June and July Baseball Tournaments

June started off with some touch competition at the PG Open States Tournament.  We had a game Friday against Michigan Bulls - Gove and lost 18-1.  Saturday we played the Northville Broncos - Laliberte and lost 13-4 and Jet Box and lost 9-1.  It was a humbling weekend playing some strong AAA teams.  Evan pitched 3 innings in the Jet Box game and had 2 strike outs.  He faced 17 batters and went 73 pitches with 34 of them being strikes.  Overall, he went 1 for 2 at-bats in the first game, 0 for 3 with two walks during the second game and an RBI, 1 for 2 with a walk in the third game.  

We had a rare weekend off the following weekend.  We took advantage of that by going up north.  It was what we all needed after many weekends in a row of tournaments!  

Next up was the PG AA States Tournament at Canton Sports Center.  While the boys lost all 3 games again, they did much better.  We started by playing Precision Patriots - Bush.  We were winning most of the game and lost towards the end 10-9.  Evan had an amazing game going 2 for 3 at bat with 2 RBI's and he came in as closer and struck out 4 out of the 5 batters he faced throwing 24 pitches, 13 of which were strikes.  He earned the MVP of the game award and got a really nice ring from PG!  We then played Five Tool - Hayward and lost 13-11 after blowing another big lead.  Evan went 1 for 3 at bat with 1 RBI.  Sunday, we played South Lyon Thunder Red and lost 14-11.  Evan went 1 for 4 with two walks.  

The last weekend in June we did a FAAST tournament at Eastern called Grand Slam Championship.  We were so excited to play the Precision Patriots - Styles, which was Evan's old team (with a new coach).  We won 15-0.  Evan went 3 for 3 at bat with 2 RBI's.  We then played the Tecumseh Arrows and lost after having the lead most of the game 9-8.  Evan went 2 for 3 at bat and had one walk.  Sunday we had to play the same team again in the semi-finals and lost 9-2.  The curse of the semi-finals this year continues!  Evan went 1 for 3 at bat.  I was surprised that he didn't pitch at all the whole tournament.

We had the fourth of July weekend off and went up north again.  Our last regular season tournament was another tough one called the Michigan Monster and had 28 teams of just 13U teams.  This was an open tournament and we drew some tough teams in pool play.  We had to play Hawks Gold - Piesko first, which is the number one rated team in Michigan.  We lost...by a lot.  I think it was 20-0.  I have no stats on Evan because we didn't have anyone running game changer.  We then played Michigan Bulls - Gove again and lost 17-5.  Evan went 0 for 2 at bat.  Finally, we played Oakland Reds - Jaquez and lost 7-3.  Evan went 1 for 2 at bat with 1 RBI.  Once again, another weekend with no pitching.  I didn't take any camera photos because Scott and I were under the weather with the "produce parasite".  

Our last hurrah on ICE baseball was our big trip to Pigeon Forge for the Ripken Experience!  

June trip to Gladwin

We had a rare weekend off of baseball, so we jumped at the ability to go up north for a long weekend.  We left on a Thursday after my 1st infusion and Scott's last day of school and made it up in good time.  We made some food at the house and Scott's parents arrived just in time for a boat ride and fishing.  The boys caught two fish each and we all remarked about how it was the best trip out on the boat fishing in a long time.  We played cards back at the house and had the obligatory mini-beers.  

Friday started with a nice walk around the neighborhood with Scott.  Everyone went golfing and I enjoyed some time at the house by myself, to read.  Back at the house it was time to enjoy the lake and sunshine.  Evan waterskied and did great!  It was a beautiful afternoon!  Janet cooked and we went out for ice cream.  Of course we had to fish again in the evening, but it wasn't as successful as a fishing trip this time around.  And sadly, Scott dropped his phone in the lake leaning over to put the anchor in the water.  Yikes!

Saturday was another walk around the neighborhood with Scott and then time on the lake.  Later in the afternoon the adults went to Merry-Hearted Cidery for flights and we picked up food from The Hearth for dinner.  The kids love their pizza!  Another fishing trip on the boat in the evening with very few fish caught and cards for the adults.  

Sunday, the family golfed again in the morning and we got on the road late afternoon to head home.  We stopped at the outlet mall for some shopping and dinner at A&W.  The boys love their root beer!  We had a great weekend!