Pressure was on. Christopher was called in to pitch. He has been off and about whether he wanted to pitch, but he has been practicing with Coach Clint, just in case. We were very behind and Coach Swope needed a pitcher.
He clearly had not been pitching a lot, but he was getting it across the plate. The inning went pretty quickly...he had a strike out. Some of the batters were able to hit him since he was getting it across the plate.
One thing that is hard to get your head around in minors is covering a base since you can steal for the first time. Coach is constantly yelling at guys. One thing that definitely doesn't come naturally is for the pitcher to cover home plate when the catcher doesn't snag the pitch.
I was too busy watching to catch it on film, but Christopher and the catcher pulled off a brilliant out at home. The umpire even came over to tell Coach that he hardly ever sees that in this league, but that both of them did exactly what they were supposed to. Way to go, Christopher!!
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