10:00am- Bus loads for the field as the Hounds prepare to battle it out with seven other teams for the Division II national championship! First on the docket is Angelo State University, a team from the Lone Star Conference that whacked 89 homers this season, so the task to keep them in the park will be a large one.
10:25am- I run into some of our baseball players as I walk into the Stadium. They've just arrived after leaving Indianapolis in the middle of the night to get here. Awesome. Big props to Jason Ornellas, Cory Rupert and Matt Murphy-- among those who made that long early-morning trek.
12:00pm- Game is underway, UIndy is the visiting team and will wear their black uniforms. This is just fine for the Greyhounds, the team tells me they love to wear the blacks and they are not intimidated hitting first and taking a lead. I like it.
12:34pm- True to form, the Hounds do take the early lead, grabbing a run in the third inning on an RBI single from Megan Russell.
12:46pm- Angelo State strikes back with a run on a double steal to tie the score.
1:20pm- The Rambelles get back-to-back doubles in the 5th to score another run.
1:41pm- ASU gets one more run to take a 3-1 lead, but have not hit any homers and Russell has squandered just six hits.
1:50pm- Greyhounds drop the opening game, missing on a few opportunities. Russell pitched well but the Hounds' offense only got the one run. We'll have to wait until Saturday to be able to get back on the field and shake this off.
2:20pm- Head Coach Melissa Frost-Fisher speaks at the postgame press conference. She credits Angelo State with playing a great game, but felt her team needed to produce more at the plate to back Russell's start.
2:30pm- The team sticks around to watch the other games and scout the team they will get to play next.
7:00pm- It's Logan's for dinner tonight.
9:30pm- Although tomorrow is an "off day", practice time is 8:00 a.m., so it's an early retirement tonight for the team.
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