OTTAWA – With a comfortable 6 run lead heading into the top of the 7th and final inning, the fun bunch looked well on their way to a comfortable first win of the tournament. What transpired instead was a slow-motion horror show of dropped balls, missed plays, and all-round terrible fielding. The aquabats took full advantage as they scampered around the base scoring run after run. Only stellar catches by glen “the wrangler” rankin and ryan “man o’war” Matischuk saved the day as the fun bunch held on with a one run margin of victory with the winning run at the plate.

The game started ominously enough when keegan “Hollywood” Irwin slept in after a late shift on his new Netflix show in Toronto and missed the team bus to Ottawa. Steve “field marshal” Saunders was informed only 30 minutes before game time and was steamed. Too late to get a replacement, they would play with only five players and pray no one got injured.

The fun bunch had two big innings of four runs on a home run by “the wrangler” and five runs on a grand slam by scott “boom boom” saunders – injured neck and all. Some clutch hits by meghan “marathon” saunders, emilie “big time” belanger”, and paris “songbird” Patricelli all helped too. In fact “marathon” demonstrated her track and field skills when she “vaulted” over a hit up the middle as if participating in the steeplechase.

Also of note was a very pretty double play (only one of the tournament) started by “the roadrunner” to “fieldmarshal” at second and over to “daredevil” at first to complete the rare accomplishment

But still there were bolts that would need to be tightened in their remaining games. The team left far too many runners stranded on base with too many easy pop outs going for the long ball when a hard grounder would have sufficed. “Those are mistakes that come back to haunt you”, lamented Leah “road runner” Morrell as she let out a big sigh of relief at the end of the game.