Frozen Over...

Recap:
Playing through a constant snow fall, and a chilling wind the Petrels dropped their first two games of the year. Game 1 ended in a 7-1 loss. Sean Tuttle went 5+ innings and threw the ball very well. He held Maryville in check for 5 innings than ran into the proverbial 'wall'. Patrick Falco made his OU debut and gave us 2 great innings. Game 2 saw the Petrels fall behind 4-0 in the first inning, a lead that would eventually reach 5 nothing before the Petrels rallied for 3 runs in the third inning. But that was all the scoring we could muster. Nick Greenfield threw the first two innings before leaving the game with tightness in his shoulder. Chris Lucas came on and threw 3 innings of great relief followed by a perfect inning from Tim Ernst.

Inside the Box Score:
Over the last 22 innings the Petrel offense has been in a slumber. We have scored only 5 runs!! And left too many guys stranded at third...

Coach's Comments:
Nobody is going to panic at this desk. This is a good baseball team with a chance to do some great things. We went on that winning streak because of hard work, attitude and fantastic team chemistry. Starting today we'll go back to work and prepare for an always fun game at Reinhardt College on Wednesday. Pitching has been solid and has kept us in ballgames. Defense has been a little shaky at times but overall they have made the plays when they had to....Hitting has been the weakness thus far, especially with runners on third and we really have not had the clutch hitting needed to put teams away. I can hear the grumblings about the lack of batting cages, but I am confident the administration is working feverishly to get something done. Once everything is approved it should take no longer than two weeks to complete the project.