Two To Forget....

Recap:
Friday night saw the Petrels drop a heart breaker 8-7 to the Huntingdon Hawks. We committed 5 errors which lead to at least half of their runs. John Hale was tough but not as sharp as his previous outings...he gave us a chance and that's what you ask for in a pitcher. It was nice to see the 'O' finally step up. Saturday brought the Hawks back to Anderson Field but it wasn't meant to be for the Petrels....hours before game time our starting pitcher called in sick with a case of food poisoning (by the way he ate at El toro on Peachtree Industrial, I tell you this b/c he's not the first player to get hit by a food problem at the restaurant). Chris Lucas stepped in as the emergency starter and was effective for four innings. JJ Rizzo and Tim Ernst combined for the final five innings...Offensively Andrew Llano, Robert Pavelka and JJ Rizzo each had two hits including Pavelka and Rizzo hitting back-to-back HR's in the ninth...

Lost in the Box Score:
Timely errors and mental mistakes killed us all weekend long.....Good to see the offense show some life....Nick Greenfield in his new role threw three dominant innings of relief Friday nights striking out six out of his nine outs....

Coach's Recap:
We have some played some less than inspiring baseball the last week or so. I don't get that? We have 40 games a year....that's it! You get 4 years to play college baseball...then, guess what? Baseball is over. Time to go to work for that accounting firm, maybe a bank, shoot if your lucky maybe you get to coach baseball for a living. But I'll tell you this, as lucky as I am to be around the game everyday, I'll give anything to put that Petrel uniform on for one more game. One more game....to toe the rubber and battle for 9 innings with 20 of my best friends. Afterwards talk about each play, hit and pitch. Second guess the coach's moves, mess with one of the guys who made a very UNathletic play, and talk about the next victim on the schedule. Go to bed that night sore as the body can be sore (believe me those are the best nights to fall asleep). I miss all of that, and believe me winning and losing mattered but the way we approached the game of baseball meant even more. Every second you spend on the diamond you should be thankful you have the opportunity to play baseball. Ask Tim Ernst or Robert Pavelka what they would give to be back in any of the freshman's cleats?

Up next Adrian College.....