Garden Gnomes fight to the end, but fall to rivals in softball championship

Garden Gnomes, manager, and coaches

The Garden Gnomes played their District 8 Juniors Softball Championship game at UW Husky Softball Stadium on Thursday, after being rained out on Wednesday.

The Northwest Seattle / Shoreline Little League Windermere Rick Nimmer Garden Gnomes got off to a rough start - the score was 4-1 after the first inning against Northeast Junior Softball Little League.

The Gnomes gave up two runs to NorthEast in the second inning while earning one. The score was 6-2 heading into the 3rd inning. The Gnomes gave up one run in the 3rd and were down 7-2.

The Gnomes held NorthEast scoreless in the 4th and 5th innings and their bats came alive in the 5th scoring 5 runs and tying things up 7-7 heading into the 6th inning.

The Gnomes gave up 3 runs to NorthEast in the 6th inning and could not bounce back, losing a hard fought game to a great NE team. The final score was 10-7.

Manager Rick Nimmer says, "The Garden Gnomes team and players had an excellent season one they can be proud of."

The Northwest/Shoreline Little League Garden Gnome Team is Managed by Rick Nimmer, and coached by Stephanie Saunders, Ashley Swan, and Kari Fera.