Comeback Kids

Finally we stopped the losing streak! In the bottom of the eighth inning we were down 2-0 to Binghamton and knew we needed this win to pick up morale.  Bryce Nugent led off the inning with a base hit up the middle however the next two batters would be retired.  With two outs in the eighth Jon Schwind and Eric Helmrich extended the inning with a walk and a HBP.  After a wild pitch that scored Nugent from third there were runners on second and third as freshman Pat Welsh stepped into the box.  Welsh hit a ground ball deep in the 6 hole and reached base safely which allowed Schwind to score from third base to tie the game.  As the game is tied 2-2 at this point, freshman Nick McQuail is due up with the winning run at third.  McQuail hit a hard ground ball through the left side scoring Helmrich from third giving us the lead and the eventual win.  This weekend the Red Foxes take on St. Peters in a three game series that we desperately need to win.

Swept Again…

This was a frustrating weekend to say the least.  During the first game (7 innings) we were down 11-4 in the last inning and we started to surge back.  We scored 4 in the last inning but it wasn’t enough to overcome Manhattan. We lost the first game 11-8 but still had another one to play.  Through the first six innings of the second game we held Manhattan to 3 runs on only three hits however our offense could not get it going.  We could only push across a single run and everyone’s frustration was boiling over at this point.  We are 22-12 now and since we have lost our last two weekend series we need to win the majority of our last conference games to at least make our conference tournament. 

Marist Clips

This is a video clip of us at Towson during our spring break trip.Marist Baseball

Rough Start to the Weekend

This past weekend the Red Foxes took on the Manhattan Jaspers.  We know this is always a tough matchup but realize that if we play the game the right way, get some timely hitting and solid pitching we’ll be okay.  This is obviously easier said than done.  Our first game against Manhattan was on Friday and nothing went our way.  We had three errors in the field and gave the Jaspers 2 unearned runs in the third giving Manhattan a four run lead.  Chad Gallagher started on the mound and gave us a chance to win.  He scattered 9 hits over 8 innings while striking out 5.  You can’t ask for much more on the mound.  Although, I don’t think we got a timely hit all weekend.  We had 8 hits with only 1 run to show.  As our once red hot offense has cooled off frustration starts to set in.  Everyone is pressing to make a drastic change but that’s not what we need. We need to stay with our approach and recently everyone seems to be trying to hit a 7-run homerun.  (Which is impossible by the way).   Losing is a part of baseball but it’s how you adjust and come back from those losses that will define us as a team.   We go back to Manhattan on Sunday for a doubleheader starting at noon.

U Albany

The worst thing about waiting out the rain to play baseball is the numerous tarp pulls.  We pull a massive tarp over the entire infield when it rains to try to keep our infield dry.  But with the tarp looking like it’s been around since Vietnam and the vast amount of holes in the tarp leaking water it kind of defeats the purpose of covering the field in the first place.  And of course who do you think has to pull the tarp on and off?  We do!  After pulling the tarp, fixing the infield, fixing the bullpen, and getting rid of the small pond in shallow right field we finally get to play.  With these types of games, it seems like a lull the entire day.  Everyone knew we were going to win.  I mean we weren’t going to do all this work to the field just to lose.  Nothing big happened in the game, we didn’t play exceptional well but we got the win and that’s all that matters.

During the Week

It seems as though this rain will never stop.  Our double header against Brown University was postponed today due to inclement weather.  The question now is what to do on our day off?

Well with our constant traveling it’s always good to catch up on some school work and keep in touch with your teachers.  I know it sound boring, and it is, but doing work on our own time and managing time is part of being a college baseball player.  And let me be clear, today’s cancellation gave us a day off from games but not from practicing.  We still had a three hour practice in the middle of the day and continued to work towards our ultimate goal; to win a MAAC championship.  Tomorrow we go back at it against Albany University and can’t help but start to get excited for this weekend at Manhattan.

Swept

Sunday we took on Rider University for the third time this weekend.  Rider jumped out to an early lead scoring two runs in the top of the first although the Red Foxes soon struck back.  It was a tie game, 2-2, in the bottom of the sixth.  But yet again, we couldn’t string together hits in the back half of the game.  The tie was broken open in the 8^th and 9^th innings when Rider scored 2 runs in the last two innings.  We ended up losing that game and got swept for the weekend.