Softball Female (Grp Preliminary) - Hall 6 vs Hall 11

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Score: 6 - 2 (Hall 6 Wins)

Fresh off the win against Hall 2, and sporting the brand new IH Jerseys for the first time, the gals looked ready to go for the kill. With a whole bunch of supporters along the edge of the diamond, the girls concentrated intensely on their coach Weiming as he read out the batting order. It was evident that our girls wanted to show why Hall 6 has a third golden star on our new jerseys this year. Let’s look at the play-by-play of the action on the pitch.

1^st Inning

Hall 6 Batting.

1^st batter Sera : 3 straight balls allowed her to walk to first. It was a good start for Hall 6.

2^nd batter Yiling : 1 ball 2 strikes. Yiling could have simply not swung as the balls looked like they were heading nowhere near the strike zone. Perhaps it was just nerves. 1 down.

3^rd batter Chin Thin : 3 balls gift wrapped for yet another walk to first. The pitcher was clearly having a rough start.

4^th bather Vanessa : BBSB. The pitcher’s poor form allowed Vanessa to walk to first and now all bases were loaded.

5^th batter Qing : BBSB. Yet again, the pitcher, feeling generous continued to let our batters advance onward. Qing to 1st, Sera walked home earning our first point. All bases loaded yet again. The Hall 11 pitcher was clearly not in the game at all with balls going wayward or too flat and nowhere near the strike zone. The Hall 6 faithful hoped that this streak would continue.

6^th batter Ah Pok : It was time to take things into our own hands. The girls didn’t want a victory based on walks. They started to get a bit more adventurous. And Ah Pok was just the person to do it. On the 2nd ball, she got a good look at the ball and swung with precision. The ball was sent low and hard between the 2nd and 3rd bases. Vanessa and Chin Thin ran home. Qing at 2nd and Ah Pok at 1st. Hall 6 was up 3-0. The crowd just went wild.

7^th batter Jiahui : Poor pitching again, and she was sent to 1st after 3 consecutive balls. Bases loaded.

8^th batter Shaz : Walked to 1st after 3 balls. Qing walked home to make it 4-0.

9^th batter Meifang : Poor hit to the middle and was caught out before she could make it to the second. But good try nonetheless. Hall 6 was down by 2.

10^th batter Wan Qing : BBSB. Wan Qing walked to 1st and Ah Pok was sent home. Hall 6 up 5-0!

11^th batter Sera : The pitcher finally earned her keep by uncharacteristically handing Sera a SSO. But it was too little too late. Our gals had inflicted enough damage for the 1st inning by going 5-0 up.

Hall 6 Fielding.

Vanessa took to the pitching plate in red-hot form and delivered a brilliant SSO on Hall 11’s 1st batter. 1 down. And the second batter made two poor judgment calls and followed up with two hideous bats that allowed Chin thin to catch her out. 2 down. Hall 11 somehow managed to earn two points that was a result of some fumbling at out 1st base. Our girls didn’t shut the game down till the 8th batter took to the plate. A good play to 1^st saw Qing catch the batter out with ease. Well done girls for limiting the Hall 11 scoring.

2^nd Inning

Hall 6 Batting.

And then it started to rain. Not even the beginnings of a downpour would cause the Hall 6 faithful to leave the pitch. Not when a good drubbing seemed to be the order of the day for Hall 11. And with the pitcher having a terrible day at the office, things seemed to be looking good for Hall 6. Not that we needed any poor pitching to aid us, in the first place.

1^st batter Yiling : BBHit. Good hit to outfield and she could have run to 2nd base. But the base coach decided to play it safe and told her to stop at 1. Well done. And that’s when things become ugly. A Hall 11 player claimed to have been hit by the bat and complained to the umpire who then ruled Yiling out. 1 down.

2^nd batter Chin Thin : Got caught out when she hit a pot-fly to the middle of the park. 2 down.

3^rd batter Vanessa : Vanessa’s red-hot form continued on and she managed a god hit that earned her a comfortable run to 1s with lots o time to spare.

4^th batter Qing : BBSS. Finally, some passable pitching by Hall 11 that ended our session of batting for the 2nd inning. 3 down. No points earned this round of batting. And though it wasn’t as impressive as the first inning, we still had a 3 point lead.

Hall 6 Fielding

1^st batter : Vanessa was determined to show the Hall 11 pitcher how to do the job right. And indeed, she did. Thought the batter managed to nick the ball, Vanessa coolly caught it and played it to 1st. An easy catch by Qing sent the batter out.

The 2^nd batter managed to get to 1st after a passable hit that our gals couldn’t capitalize on. Vanessa made up for that by giving the 3rd batter a SSO. An exact repeat of what happed to the 1st batter happened to the 4th and in no time, it was 3 down for Hall 11. It was as simple as that! Hall 11 didn’t even make it to the 2nd base. Due to the precise fielding of Hall 6 and special mention has to be made to Qing and Vanessa who kept a cool head and didn’t at all repeat the mistakes and fumbles of the 1st inning.

3^rd Innning

Hall 6 batting.

Though leading 5-2, It was time for the girls to extend the lead and end the game.

1^st batter Ah Pok : SBBB. Walk to 1st

2^nd batter JiaHui : BSBB Walk to 1st. Looking good so far. The girls had a good eye on the ball and never committed unless it looked like a sure thing. With the pitcher in bad form, Hall 6 had it easy and were just waiting for the right opportunity.

3^rd batter Shaz : A low hit to right-field. Easy catch by the pitcher for a play to 1st. 1 down.

4^th batter Meifang : Yet another low hit and she got caught out at 1st base. Things weren’t looking all that fantastic now. We only had one more out before the entire game was in the hands of Hall 11. And no progress was made since the 1st inning. It was time to grab some points before it was too late.

5^th batter Wan Qing : BBSHit. Run to 1st all bases loaded. The time was now. A keen eye was all that was needed to earn a point and a home run would guarantee 4 solid points that would definitely put the game out of the reach of Hall 11.

6^th batter Sera : BBB. Ah Pok walked home. Bases were still loaded. The crowd was cheering our girls on. Our fingers were crossed and drums were blaring. Voices shouted in unison to spur our girls on and show Hall 11 that we weren’t going to let them have it easy at all.

7^th batter Yiling: BBPotfly. Ball was played to base and Jiahui was caught out. 3 down. Only 1 point earned this inning to make the score 6-2.

Hall 6 Fielding

The 1^st batter hit a pot-fly that was caught by our 3rd baseman. 1 down. 2 more to go. The game was not over. A 4 point lead, though significant, was not insurmountable. Hall 11, to their credit, never looked dejected. And to such deserving opponents Vanessa showed off her finest pitching. 4 straight strikes delivered with sheer precision awed the crowd, both Hall 6 and Hall 11 alike and earned Hall 11 two SSOs in quick succession! Game over for Hall 11. Final score 6-2. Brilliant work by our gals. This is magic. And by the looks of it, there definitely is more to come!

Story By: Norman
Vetted By: Poh Shen