The Hammerhead Home-Opener
On days that Adam starts, time creeps by painfully. We’re
both anxious. And I’m nervous. Really nervous. It’s the absolute worst when
you’re stuck in a hotel room until 5 PM with nothing to do but sit on the bed
and wait. And wait. It looked like we might have another one of those days
today, only this time at home. Not ok. You see, when we woke up this morning,
we still didn’t have anything in the apartment to sit on besides the bed. And
though it’s the world’s comfiest bed, it’s still
a bed nonetheless. So, we decided against bed-sitting all day and went to
our storage unit to get the couch. An hour later, our living room looked like
this. And an hour after that, a couch! Finally, something to sit on besides a
mattress! Wahoo! And yes, the entire time we were moving things, I was paranoid
about Adam’s energy expenditure. Turns out, he pitches better when he’s done
something during his painful wait!
His arm looked great today…just like he did! It was his
first Hammerhead start at home, and he certainly gave the crowd – an
outrageously large crowd for Jupiter – a show. With one out in the fourth
inning, Adam had a perfect game going. After giving up the first hit of the
game, he still had a shutout in line. His changeup, fastball, and slider were
all working well today and the innings went by quickly. It felt so good to
watch him find success today. He’s worked incredibly hard and certainly is
getting the results because of it. In the fifth inning, after a few weird
plays, Adam left the game after throwing 67 pitches and striking out 5. He’s on
a five-inning limit still, and it’ll likely remain the same until later on in
the season. The coaches want to make sure that Adam will be available and ready
to pitch during the last games of the year, so they need to “save” his arm now.
Here’s his line for the night: 5 IP, 5 H (2 should have been errors!!!!!!!
Grrrrr), 3 R, 0 BB, 5 K. He didn’t
end up getting the W, and did give up
3 runs, but if you’d have been at the game, you’d agree too that none of them
should have been earned. Ahhh rats! Such is baseball.
There to see Adam’s home-opener were 17 of our sweet friends
from Family Church. Taking up 4 rows and cheering like crazy, we enjoyed a fun
and rewarding time at the park today. Adam and I are so thankful for each one
of them, and feel blessed to have such a strong and supportive group of people
surrounding us. We love you all!!
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