First game - first win.

It's always great to get that first game of the season over and done with. It's funny, we played so many pre-season games, yet the girls still had "first game jitters" for the first two innings of the game. In fact, we were down 2-0. The coaches weren't so much worried about the runs scored as they were about the way the girls were playing. Nothing was routine those first two innings and we went down 1-2-3 each time at bat. Thankfully, they settled down and started to play! We ended up scoring 6 runs and winning the game 6-2. I told the girls I'll give them the "first game jitters" out for the first two innings of the game. However, I also let them know that that's ONLY allowed in the first game. No more. Usually one bad inning is enough to do you in. You certainly can't afford 2 bad innings every game. But like I said, they came back nicely in the end and we let them know that those last 5 innings is how we expect them to play every inning of every game. Hopefully they get the idea ~ we'll see what happens. Our next game is tomorrow.