Gotta be proud of the guys for bouncing back after the tough loss on Friday night to take the weekend series on the road and retain the Silver Glove for yet another season....and to do so with the academic pressures/deadlines/Finals swirling around them. Well done!
Nice to see the bats bust out, though we continue to struggle any time we see a left-handed pitcher. HUGE series win heading into Finals week and the 10-day break.
Game Ball #1: Leon Byrd (2-4, double, sac fly, 2 runs scored, RBI) for igniting our early scoring in both the first and third innings.
Game Ball #2: Michael Ratterree (2-3, HR#5, BB, 2 runs scored, 2 RBIs) who continues his hot streak and clutch hitting-- driving in our first run with an RBI single, and hitting his 4th HR in the last 5 games to pretty much wrap things up in a bow in the 7th inning.
Game Ball #3: John Simms (W, 5-3, 6.0 IP, 6 hits, 1 run, 1 BB, 2 Ks)-- not a dominant outing by any means, but efficient, and he pounded the strikezone once we got the big lead in the 3rd inning.
An impressive victory and road series win should allow the team to feel good heading into the break-- and deservedly so. Still have a lot of work to do if we hope to catch red-hot USM (meaning we'll need to sweep at least two of our final 3 conference series), but we're well positioned for our historical stretch run. Let's ace those exams, get a couple good practices in, and come back a week from Wednesday against Lamar, refreshed, energized and focused exclusively on playing the best baseball we've played all year. Go Owls!
