Batterschoice.com USSSA NIT
Danville, VA
July 3-4, 2004
After a long
layoff, Golden Corral entered the Batterschoice.com USSSA NIT in Danville over the July
the 4th weekend. In the first
game, GC faced DWA/Easton from Roanoke, who was the USSSA points leader in the state of
Virginia. A tough draw for both teams, but GC
had not accumulated many U-Trip points thus far and came in a low seed. Each team came out hitting the ball, which made
the score 8-5 GC after one inning. The
Corral conti
nued to hit the ball
pretty well, and when the defense settled in, GC pulled away for a 21-12 win. Next up, Golden Corral met the newly formed
Dalton Farms team comprised of some veteran players from the old Dalton Farms team and
some young talent from Top Notch Softball. The
Corral rolled to a quick 14-1 lead, and Dalton Farms never got in this game, as GC won it
18-2 in 5 innings. This put GC into the
undefeated game against ACME/Evertan/IHOP. After
a slow start, GC cranked it up and pulled away for a 24-9, six-inning win. Golden Corral now was sitting back as DWA/Easton,
Norm’s Transmissions, New Zestland, American Fitness, ACME/Evertan/IHOP, and Dalton
Farms battled to see who would challenge GC for the championship. DWA/Easton fought hard all day and managed to get
back through the loser’s bracket. This
game went back and forth, until DWA/Easton pulled away from Golden Corral in the late
innings. GC mounted a seventh inning rally
but fell short for a disappointing 21-24 loss. This
forced the “if necessary” game. The
final game was all GC for a while, as the team built a 17-2 lead, but DWA/Easton showed
that they will not give up and batted back to within 5 runs in the fourth inning. Golden Corral shut them down after that, however,
and scored the runs they needed to run-rule DWA/Easton by a 27-12 final score in six hard
fought, and sometimes heated, innings. ;-)
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