Chapter 811 - V3 ch46 (VS Lowell HS 1) (2/2)
”You're ridiculous. Always getting hurt and shit.” Kyle mocked.
”Language!” Mom raised her voice to scold Kyle from the next table over.
”Busted.” Noah laughed.
By the time we got to the fields, I was much more awake. It helped that Noah and the twins never stopped talking. Our group split into two smaller ones, as us players headed for the dugout. Dave stopped the nonessential talking and found Mitchell almost immediately.
Kyle shook his head. ”It's not like he has much to do today. Gotta stay under fifty pitches.”
”Are you going to stay under 50?” Noah asked.
Kyle twisted his lips. ”Depends on how the game goes, right? I don't want to cut myself off at 50 and then we don't even make the finals. I'd feel pretty dumb.”
”I believe in us.” Garret joined us with a grin, putting his bag down. ”Today's first game is no biggie. They should be worse than the team from yesterday.”
”Good for Dave, but the second game today is a bit different.” Kyle said. ”We looked them up too. I'll have the bigger challenge of today.”
Garret slapped him on the shoulder. ”Bigger challenge of the two, but not a challenge to you.”
Kyle grinned.
”Honestly hate the pitching rules.” Garret sighed. ”I feel like I could pitch every day.”
Kyle gave him a small shove. ”Ball hog. You already get to play every day, every game.”
”Work on your hitting and you could too.” Garret stuck his tongue out.
The dugout filled up with our teammates and got a little crowded as everyone started to open up their bags and put their cleats on. Warmups were led by Garret until Coach called us in. He sent Dave and Mitchell to the bullpen with a pitching coach before focusing on us.
He gave out the lineup:
1 1B Sean
2 SS Noah
3 2B Jake
4 CF Garret
5 3B Jason
6 RF Korrey
7 LF Jesse
8 C Mitchell
9 P Dave
”Bullpen be ready.” He continued. ”Ideally we would be able to pull Dave out before he hits 50 pitches. I know it's about presumptuous, but I think we'll need him for the finals on Monday.” He looked around and smiled when he didn't see any objections. ”Glad you boys believe it too.”
Despite the early morning start, everyone was eager and ready to start the game against Lowell High School. We went through the rest of our game preparations before getting back in the dugout and getting organized.
I ditched the sweatshirt, a little unwillingly, but sucked it up. I still had a long sleeve under my jersey so it wasn't too bad as long as the wind didn't blow.
Our pitchers left for the bullpen while Dave and Mitchell came back. Coach went over to them and said a few words as we prepared to take the field.
”Is Jeremy and Rose here yet?” Noah asked me. I had told him last night about my small conversation with Jeremy before he had to leave.
I glanced to the stands and shrugged. ”Hard to tell. I can't even see Mom and Dad.” It was surprisingly crowded compared to last night's game.
”A lot of people have Saturday off.” Noah hummed. ”I bet they had to find a more private area to watch from.” He looked around too; up until Coach called us over and sent us out to take the field for the first half of the inning.