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It was a night of firsts at Robert Service Diamond 3. In the later start game that saw teams stare down a storm cloud, Maxxam Analytics lost their first game of the season to bottom seed Bomac Builders Challengers.

鈥淚t was pretty good overall,鈥� said Maxxam Analytics player Alejandro Pulido. 鈥淒isappointing that we had our first loss of the season.鈥�

Maxxam Analytics started slow in the first inning, getting a few runners to the bases, but none back to home.

In the top of the second inning, they got on the scoreboard with four.

And a steady score of points in each inning kept them ahead of the Bomac Builders Challengers with a growing lead.

But the sixth inning spelled disaster, as the Maxxam Analytics only scored one. The Bomac Builders Challengers took advantage to double their score by the end of the inning to 10.

鈥淭hey strung together a lot of hits with two outs and we just couldn鈥檛 get that third out and that was the biggest problem,鈥� said Pulido.

Bomac Builders Challengers pitcher Andew Glada started off the inning strong getting on to base. Runs by four more batters helped to even the score.

Going into the bottom of the seventh, things were tied, but Maxxam Analytics couldn鈥檛 get anything started and had straight outs.

Glada started things off again, getting on base. And the fate of their team was sealed as rookie Davina McLeod stepped up to the plate. She swung and the ball whipped into outfield, slipping past glove after glove. And McLeod just kept running all the way to home.

鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 even thinking I was just listening to our person out there who usually tells us what to do and he was talking.

He鈥檚 like 鈥業t鈥檚 just like a slapshot,鈥� because he recognized me from playing hockey I guess,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 just saw it coming and was like I鈥檓 going to swing at this one and hope for the best.鈥�

A longtime hockey player, McLeod had skated with a lot of the boys on the team and asked if she could join s颅lo pitch this season.

鈥淚 just ran and was listening to them and just did what they told me to to do,鈥� she said.

McLeod was a little hesitant at third, not knowing if she鈥檇 have enough time to make it home.

鈥淚t worked out,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t should be a good season. I鈥檓 excited for it.鈥�

Glada hopes that this game marks a turning point for his team.

鈥淒uring the last couple innings there we started making more catches and got them down in the second last inning there and then we started batting much better,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 found that we came together as a team. I鈥檓 hoping for better games now.鈥�

McLeod鈥檚 home run was joined by a second from a female teammate. The girl power didn鈥檛 go unnoticed.

鈥淕ood on them for having a couple chicks hit a couple home runs,鈥� said Pulido. 鈥淚 wish them the best during the season.鈥�