They watched the game in silence for two innings. Mercyville finally scored two runs, but Tommy was still pitching well.
Finally Kit and Doris heard Jean call to them from the back of the bleachers.
“Hey, there!” she called. “Is there room for two more down there?”
“Oh, golly, there’s Jean with Ralph!” Kit cried. “Come on down!” she called to them. “There’s lots of room.”
Jean and Ralph made their way through the crowd. Doris and Kit squeezed over to make room for them. Ralph grabbed their hands in welcome as he sat down.
“When Ralph heard there was a ballgame,” Jean explained, “he insisted on coming. We haven’t even been home yet!”
“Mercyville is ahead by two runs,” Kit lamented.
“I’m glad we have someone who knows the game with us, now,” Doris said. “Kit and I can’t make head or tail out of what is going on.”
As the game progressed, Ralph gave the three girls a thorough lesson in the game of baseball. Mercyville held their lead until the ninth inning, when Elmhurst pushed a run across the plate.