An almost win!

The Desi's faced the league leaders CCF on Aug 10, at 7.40PM. A win today, and two wins against St.Timothy's confirm a 3rd place in the league. We have already qualified for the playoffs, with two wins, given that St.Timothy's haven't won a single game so far.

With Chethan away, Amit and Appu co-Captained the Desis. Karthik was the starting pitcher, Amit at 3B, Appu at SS, Karen (2B), Anjali (1B), Leena (RF), Manish (RCF), Reshma (LCF), Naveen (LF), and Sumi as the catcher. CCF scores two runs in the first inning, the Desis score 1. A closely played battle, with the advantage shifting between the teams in different innings, featuring great in-fielding by Karen, good pitching by Karthik, strong hitting by most of the batters. Going into the last innning, CCF was leading 10-8. With two outs, the Desis did great to equalize as time ran out. When the extra inning ended, Desis lost 10-12. Ashok, Sharath and I took good catches in the outfield, Karen, Reshma, Amit, Appu, Anjali, Manish and I got good hits. With Karen perhaps being tonite's MVP?

This game brought out the best in the Desis, and even though we lost by two runs, we came together as a team, enjoyed being in the field, and showed the best team in the league that we are equally good, if not better. This was perhaps the best game the Desis played so far.

Good job, team.