It's Monday April 6th, the day after a pressure packed weekend that ended with that nice symmetrical Zero remaining in our conference loss column. Friday turned out to be a wash due to the beautiful New England weather that's been plaguing this season ever since we got back from Florida. So on Saturday, Jeremiah Bayer stepped to the mound and dominated our conference rivals, Tufts, to set the tone AGAIN for the coming double header on Sunday. Our defense was stellar, once again, but our pitching was what really separated ourselves when it mattered. Saturday was cold and dreary but Sunday turned out to be a pretty great day of baseball. The campus looked great, and the smell of spring was slowly creeping out from beneath the clouds of a long New England Winter.
All three of our pitchers threw complete games. And the last game to complete the series ended in dramatic fashion. Last year at Tufts our undefeated season was threatened by a Jumbos team that hopped out to an 8 to 1 lead, but through bulldog-esque determination we fought back and ended up winning in extra innings. But to tie the game, in the twilight of the day, Sean Killeen hit grand slam to tie it up. It was absolutely electric and the buzz amongst the team as Killeen stomped on home plate could never be matched. But then again yesterday, when it was the bottom of the ninth with the score tied one to one, Killeen stepped to the plate again. On the first pitch of the at-bat Killeen's short compact and effortless swing launched the ball deep over the right center field fence. And the rest, I guess you could say, is history.
So we're 6 and 0 in the conference with bates on Friday. But this weekend it was our desire to play every inning and every out flawlessly that lead to wins. Whether it was the dominant performances of our pitchers or the timely hitting of our batters we expected perfection, and we maintained it at the culmination of the weekend.
Hope the weather clears up, baseball is a spring sport not a winter sport. Talk to you guys after the weekend is over, let's keep that zero.
All three of our pitchers threw complete games. And the last game to complete the series ended in dramatic fashion. Last year at Tufts our undefeated season was threatened by a Jumbos team that hopped out to an 8 to 1 lead, but through bulldog-esque determination we fought back and ended up winning in extra innings. But to tie the game, in the twilight of the day, Sean Killeen hit grand slam to tie it up. It was absolutely electric and the buzz amongst the team as Killeen stomped on home plate could never be matched. But then again yesterday, when it was the bottom of the ninth with the score tied one to one, Killeen stepped to the plate again. On the first pitch of the at-bat Killeen's short compact and effortless swing launched the ball deep over the right center field fence. And the rest, I guess you could say, is history.
So we're 6 and 0 in the conference with bates on Friday. But this weekend it was our desire to play every inning and every out flawlessly that lead to wins. Whether it was the dominant performances of our pitchers or the timely hitting of our batters we expected perfection, and we maintained it at the culmination of the weekend.
Hope the weather clears up, baseball is a spring sport not a winter sport. Talk to you guys after the weekend is over, let's keep that zero.
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