The boys played 3 innings tonight. Carter played right field the first inning. He backed up the first baseman and fielded two missed hits. He ran those to first but just missed the runners both times.
The second inning Carter played first base. No balls were hit to him. And all the throws to him were after the runners had already gotten to first.
Up until this point, it was a pretty slow game for Carter.
But then he played third base the last inning and almost every ball was hit to him. He fielded the first hit (which he knocked down with his shin) and threw it to first. It was a great throw but the runner easily beat the throw. Then Carter fielded the second hit and threw it to second. Again, a perfect throw but no one was covering second. Then he got three outs in a row at third when the ball was hit to him three more times. The last one of that set was a doozy though! He attempted to catch a flyball (it was in between a pop up and line drive). Carter knocked the hit down with his chest (before it hit the ground!) and made the play at third. One more player hit the ball to Carter in the third inning and he got a fourth out at third.
In addition, all of Carter's hits were base hits that no one got out on. His first hit was a line drive that landed in the baseline between second and third before rolling to the outfield.
Carter has amazing hustle in the field and a great understanding of the game (he almost always knows exactly where to go with the ball when he fields it). However, the one thing Carter needs to work on the most right now is hitting. He's only had to hit off the tee a couple of times but most of his hits aren't very solid and don't got all that far. But we just haven't had the time to really work on hitting at home - maybe I'll try to get it in this week!
Carter was SO EXCITED to get another game ball!
And here is the mark on Carter's chest 15 minutes after he got nailed by the ball at third. He's one tough kid that LOVES baseball!
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