FINAL SCORE:
Team Adkins — 13
Team Cobb — 13
Team Cobb — 13
In typical senior softball fashion, figuring out the final score may have been more challenging than actually playing the game.
But I’m getting ahead of myself...
Team Cobb came out swinging, putting 9 runs on the board in the first two innings. Meanwhile, Team Adkins struggled to get anything going, managing just 3 runs through four.
At the end of the 4th, Cobb held a commanding 12-3 lead, and this one had all the makings of a blowout.
Apparently, Team Adkins didn’t get that memo.
Their bats came alive while Team Cobb’s went cold, and Adkins began chipping away at the lead.
And this is where things got interesting...
At one point, the scoreboard said 7 and the scoresheet said 6. Since we all know the scoresheet is always right, the scoreboard was changed to 6.
Except...wait. The missing run was later discovered. 
No problem — just add it back, right?
Wellllll...by then Team Adkins had scored 7 more runs to take the lead.
Except...wait again.
The 6th inning isn’t an open inning, which means only 5 runs can score.
Anybody have a calculator? 
Once the runs, innings and rules were finally sorted out, Team Cobb had managed to squeak out just one more run in the 6th, while Adkins had battled all the way back to tie the game.
Heading into the 7th, it was anybody’s game.
But after all that offense — and all that arithmetic — the defenses took over. Neither team allowed a run in the 7th, leaving us with a final score of:
ADKINS 13 — COBB 13
A 12-3 game turned into a 13-13 tie.
And somewhere between the scoreboard, the scoresheet and the 5-run rule, we eventually figured out how we got there.
Just another perfectly normal morning of senior softball!
Notable On‑Base Results (not to be confused with official hit totals). This reflects how many times a player safely reached base — whether by hit, walk, or error.
Team Cobb:
Skidmore 3-for-4, 3 runs scored
Brooks 3-for-4, with a triple and 3 runs scored
Wise 4-for-4, 1 run scored
Martinez 3-for-4
Cobb 3-for-4, 1 run scored
Brangers 3-for-4, 1 run scored
Team Adkins:
Adkins 4-for-4, 2 runs scored
Kenny 3-for-3, 3 runs scored
Jeff 4-for-4
Mark 3-for-4, 1 run scored
Larry 3-for-4, 1 run scored
Jack 2-for-4, 2 runs scored