Saturday, February 24, 2007
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.....
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.....
Thursday, February 22, 2007
One of those days....
Recap:
Reinhardt used three walks and three hits in the top of the first to score three runs and never looked back in route to a 6-1 victory over the Petrels. The Petrel offense could not find a groove and only managed two hits and one run.
Lost in the Box Score:
Not much...The Petrels had a chance to jump on the board early in the game, but a baserunning blunder cost at least one run.
Coach's Recap:
Look, sometimes you don't hit. I'm sure at one point in the season the hitting will get hot and the pitching will struggle...It's part of the game. This one is behind us and we move on. Three big games this weekend against quality D3 opponents. Huntingdon College Friday and Saturday, then Adrian College on Sunday...The weather has finally turned MUCH warmer so come on out, enjoy a hot dog or two and catch your Stormy Petrels in action!!! John Hale goes on Friday with Sean Tuttle on Saturday.
Reinhardt used three walks and three hits in the top of the first to score three runs and never looked back in route to a 6-1 victory over the Petrels. The Petrel offense could not find a groove and only managed two hits and one run.
Lost in the Box Score:
Not much...The Petrels had a chance to jump on the board early in the game, but a baserunning blunder cost at least one run.
Coach's Recap:
Look, sometimes you don't hit. I'm sure at one point in the season the hitting will get hot and the pitching will struggle...It's part of the game. This one is behind us and we move on. Three big games this weekend against quality D3 opponents. Huntingdon College Friday and Saturday, then Adrian College on Sunday...The weather has finally turned MUCH warmer so come on out, enjoy a hot dog or two and catch your Stormy Petrels in action!!! John Hale goes on Friday with Sean Tuttle on Saturday.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
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.
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.
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