One player didn’t show up, another was upset that her name was misspelled on the score card and another player was running late – and this was all before the game started for the Red Hot Tamales at Broken Arrow Park on Thursday.

But those glitches didn’t prove problematic as Red Hot Tamales came out red hot in the first inning, plating the maximum five runs.

As the game progressed though, the Tamales lost their sizzle and eventually fell 13-10 to the Pink Angels in a Lawrence Girl’s Fast Pitch Association 12U league game.

“This was very disappointing because they weren’t ready to play,” Tamales head coach Dave Augustine said. “There’s not a lot of positives.”

After the first inning, the Tamales held a 5-3 lead. Angels pitcher Katy Davis walked the first two batters but struck out the third. Four runners scored before she hit batter Ashley Bailey on the leg, which advanced her to first base. As Bailey stole home to give the Tamales their fifth run of the inning, another wild throw hit her on the leg.

“Uh, I got hit twice with the ball,” she said as she left the field. “Look! I’m going to have a bruise.”

Emma Perry leads the Angels through the lineup at the end of the game. The Angels defeated the Hot Tamales 13-10 Thursday at Broken Arrow Park.

In the second inning Tamales pitcher Kelsey Kilburn returned to the mound. She smiled and chanted cheers with her teammates. Before releasing each pitch, she grunted, saying it helped her know when to release the ball.

Once she barked.

“I barked like a dog to scare the batter, but it didn’t do very good,” Kilburn said.

No, it didn’t, and Kilburn knew this as she turned toward her teammates in the outfield and said, “OK, guys, not doing that again.”

Two hitters later, Kilburn hit Angels pitcher Davis with a pitch.

Davis advanced to first base, and her teammates helped the Angels close the gap to 9-8. The Angels ended the second inning with no outs but again the five runs per inning rule went into effect.

Angels pitcher Katy Davis lets a pitch fly. The Angels defeated the Hot Tamales in a 12U LGFPA game Thursday at Broken Arrow Park.

The third inning was when the Angels showed how good they were on the defensive side. After all, this was the team that went undefeated in the 10U league last season.

After Davis gave up a hit, three of the next five batters either struck out or were tagged out at first base.

Kilburn was the only Tamale to score in the third inning to bring the score to 10-8 in the Tamales’ favor.

Coach Augustine made a pitching change in the bottom of the third inning. Jordan Noll took the mound with Kilburn as her catcher. Eight Angels batted in the last inning. Of the eight, seven were walked with only one striking out. Again the Angels scored five runs to end the inning and the game at 13-10, bringing the Angels’ record to 1-1.

Logan Hassig, left, helps her Angels teammate Chelsea Casady with her catcher's gear before taking the field. The Angels defeated the Hot Tamales Thursday at Broken Arrow Park.

Pink Angels head coach Lee Beth Dever said winning this game was good for her team’s confidence.

If there was any indication of this, the girls begged Dever to change the team’s name or color of their pink uniforms to be more intimidating. The girls wanted to change their colors to blue or said they would settle for a new name: The Pink Sizzle.

Dever wasn’t so sure, saying, “We make ’em think we’re the Pink Angels but we play like the Pink Sizzle.” The girls were happy with that as the scurried away from the dugout with a victory as the Pink Angels.