Scrimmage 1

We had our first actual scrimmage this morning. I was DH... for both teams. Apparently that happens occasionally to get guys more at bats. It meant I got 4 instead of the 2 or 3 that most others got, so I was okay with it. I was 1-4, with the hit coming in my first at-bat. That makes three consecutive schools that my first at-bat has been a hit (high school, college 1, college 2). Awesome trend. Oh, and everyone hit with wood bats today.

AB #1: Pitcher was a righty, threw 91-92 fastball. The hit was a clean single into short right field off of a 3-1 outside fastball. This was the only good pitch to hit I saw all day.

AB #2: A total waste. Pitcher was a lefty, 87-88. First pitch was a high outside fastball that I tried to drag bunt down the 3rd base line. Bad combination; I should have let it go, but I lunged for it and got just enough of it to pop it about 3 feet into the air. The catcher took one step, caught it, and I was out. I was furious.

AB #3: Tough at-bat. Righty, 90-91. First pitch I got a sign to push bunt, and I shit my pants and moved straight through the fastball and missed it, 0-1. Next pitch was one of the filthier change-ups I've seen in a while; it's like the pitch just stopped and dropped about 5 feet from the plate. I swung over it and looked silly. 0-2. Next pitch was a high curveball I let go by, 1-2. Next he went high and away with a fastball, and I swung and missed. K.

AB #4: Different pitcher, similar stuff, 90-91. First pitch was low and in, but questionably called a strike. Next pitch was a curveball for a strike, 0-2. He threw a fastball in the dirt, 1-2. Then I fouled off a high outside fastball, and he threw a changeup in the dirt low and away, 2-2. Last pitch was a curveball that started at my face and fooled me some, but I got enough on it to hit a fly ball to shallow right field.

Honestly, I felt it was a decent showing. I got a hit in my first at-bat since May, off of a 92-mph fastball, with a wood bat. So that's a plus. My hands feel quick and my weight is sitting back, and I'm seeing the ball and reacting. I'm in a very good starting position. I need to get those bunts down, though... I've been bunting great in practice, but I failed on two of them today. Both of them were movement bunts, and I just need to remember not to start my weight toward first until contact has been made.

Room for improvement, but a good beginning. Scrimmage 2 is tomorrow.