The score was a tie between the Rejects and the Wanderers. The extra innings were needed to break the tie.
Olive was a pitcher. She stood on the mound while everyone in our team watched in anticipation. At last, Olive threw a fast-speed ball, which went into Harper's glove neatly. We breathed a sigh of relief.
Another pitch.
Olive took a deep breath and held another ball in her hand. Then she raised her left knee up before sending anther flying ball. It went into Harper's glove again. As we did in training, she threw it back across the field, Olive ducked so that it could pass on to Tonya, but a Wanderer ran like a wind and slide through the ground to steal the base before the ball was caught.
"Safe!" the umpire cried.
I heard Mitko groan the loudest. Now the visiting team was leading
