Catfish 5, MIT/CRE 26

Dearest Catfish and friends,

It was yet another difficult loss last night. Things looked quite hopeful for the first two innings: we held them to zero in the first, and then scored ourselves in the top of the second, so that for one brief shining moment we were winning! Then they scored four, in the bottom of the second; we were still full of fiery determination and came back with two runs in the top of the third. Then, they scored thirteen, and it went downhill from there.

Nevertheless, as others will attest, we really did have some fine Fish moments last night, so let’s focus on the good stuff: Early in the game, I noticed the infielders playing far out and all pulling to the right in an attempt to scoop up our lefty John Costello’s hit. Well, he tricked them and hit one on the ground and through the middle, making it to first base! Catfish screamed with pride. In the second inning, Alyssa and Nathan both got on base, and Mickus hit a lovely double, which sent Nathan home for our first run of the game. In the third, Marc got a triple, as did Ryan (who was really shining as our new shortstop, making plays left and right). Jose also got on base, and Marc and Jose scored our next two runs.

In the fourth, Erika, Alyssa, and Erin all made it to base! Then in the fifth, Matt and Diane made it to base, and Marc made it to base as well with a fine hit into the outfield.

Defensively speaking, I’ve already mentioned Ryan’s fine fielding at shortstop. Costello also had some fine plays at third, and Erika was superb at her post at second. Mickus did quite well at third base, despite a shaky ankle. And there was a lot of hustle in the outfield from Jose.

All in all, things are coming together for us, Fish, so, as always, keep your fins and whiskers a-wiggle. Next Monday we face Alcator again, at 5:30. Hope to see you there.