Today has been such a LOOONG day! I could easily go to bed right now. I just got home from our 2 games in Leksand which is 2 hours away. We left at 7:30 this morning, and I slept most of the way to the field :)
Once we got to the field, we all changed into our uniforms in the locker room and then walked to the field to start warming up. First game started at 12. Their team had an American pitcher who wasn't that great, she basically only threw outside pitches. I THINK I went 4 for 4 against her... but the hits weren't that great, their defense just wasn't good. One hit went right between the 2nd baseman's legs, but her glove never touched it so I'm counting that as a hit. Another one was a line drive/pop fly to center and she misjudged it and didn't touch it. Another hit went to shortstop, and we had a runner on 2nd, so she glanced at the runner and then tried to throw me out at 1st but I beat out the throw. And then my other hit went inbetween third and short. I played third the 1st game and I made a double play when a girl tried to bunt the ball... she popped it up and I threw the girl out who was on first. Then I caught another pop fly that was out in left field... but I went after it bc I was nervous the girl playing that position wouldn't catch it :/ We ended up losing that first game 3-2 in the bottom of the 7th inning.
I caught the second game and threw a girl out stealing! YAY :) they were running all over me, it was kind of embarrassing but our shortstop wasn't getting to 2nd in time so whenever I did decide to throw it I was just aiming for the bag with no one there. Finally, Jonna, she just got done with her freshman year of college ball in california, called time and went to shortstop and the very next pitch I threw the runner out :) I got up to bat 6 times in the 2nd game and I had that I was 3 for 5 with a walk... but when Ingrid showed Kelsey and I the stat book after the game, the guy had me down as 1 for 4 with 2 walks. One ball I hit didn't even touch the shortstops glove and they called that an error... and one inning I got up to bat 2 times and had 2 solid base hits, one line drive over second base and another hard grounder in between third and short, but the guy keeping the book put me down as one base hit and another walk? So oh well. In the bottom of the 6th inning we were up 29-16, and we just had to keep a 10 run lead in order to end the game after that inning, but I dropped another 3rd strike ball, and then the American came up to bat and hit a triple! I was like oh no, not again... I've got to get better about catching the balls the batters swing at :) haha. But we ended up winning in the 6th inning 29-18! :)
After the game, the guy who kept the book (i think) came up to me and asked where I was from and I told him South Carolina. He asked which part because he had gone to college in North Carolina and is from Texas... he is over here playing baseball. He said he heard my southern accent as I was catching and yelling at the defense.
We all ended up showering in the locker room before we left... they are not very shy about showering with/in front of each other, but they understood Kelsey and I not wanting that so we were able to shower by ourselves. We ended up stopping to eat at Max, which is the Sweden version of a McDonalds. I was told that their fajita salad was good so I got that.... but it was not good. I was thinking like fajita chicken on a salad... but it had nacho cheese and like taco meat on it and came with a few chips to dip in sour cream and salsa, so I basically just ate the chips and a little bit of the salad. I'm pretty hungry right now.
Well, that was my day today. A couple of the girls want Kelsey and I to practice hitting with them at the field tomorrow so we might do that kind of early so that we can ride our bikes to the lake after. And then we might see Hangover part 2 sometime this weekend! :)
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