3-21 from: - http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/032010aac.html - The No. 12 UCLA baseball team improved its record to 15-0 by defeating Oral Roberts, 12-2, in the second contest of a three-game series Saturday afternoon at Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Right-hander Trevor Bauer (2011) improved to 4-0, limiting the visiting Golden Eagles to one run and five hits in eight innings. Bauer struck out nine and walked just one in helping UCLA extend its win streak to 15 games, the program's longest win streak on record. The Bruins are off to its best start in any season in the modern era (dating to 1955).
3-18 from http://www.baseballamerica.com/ - Scouting Report - Fastball: Bettis throws his fastball 88-94 mph. When he's in a relief role, he can touch 95.
Fastball movement: There's a little sink to his fastball.
Slider: He throws it up to 84 mph. It has a hard break and works better when thrown not as hard. It's a fringy average pitch.
Changeup He'll flash a pretty good changeup, around 82-83 mph.
Control: He tends to throw strikes, though he gets hit more than he should considering the stuff he has.
Poise: He's very aggressive, goes right after hitters and doesn't seem to get bothered when things go wrong.
3-18 from http://www.baseballamerica.com/: - Scouting Report - Fastball: Workman throws his fastball in the 90-95 mph range. He throws a two- and four-seamer.
Fastball movement: He has plus movement -- late sink with bore on the two-seamer and riding life on the four-seamer.
Cutter: It's a plus pitch.
Curve: He has an average curve ball and he commands it well.
Changeup: He's got a good feel for his changeup.
Control: He has good command and pitches ahead in the count.
Poise: He's always on an even keel and has a competitive, bulldog mentality.
3-20 from pgcrosschecker. - The previous day Lakind had thrown a complete game no-hitter against a 12-1 team (Cy-Falls HS), touching 91 mph on his fastball, along with hitting the ball hard twice. We’ve never considered Lakind a top-level pitching prospect before as he’s been mid-80’s when we’ve seen him, but we have heard of this type of velocity, which is obviously notable from the left side. Lakind’s father admitted that his son still might be buzzing a bit from that game, although he definitely thinks of himself as a secondary pitcher.
Lakind was facing a left handed pitcher who looked like he threw in the 82-84 mph range and could spin the ball fairly well. Certainly a good test.
Lakind walked the first time on four pitches. The second trip he went into vapor lock at the plate and struck out looking (guessing?) without taking the bat off his shoulder. The third time up he fouled off a number of pitches before striking out on a curveball off the plate. The fourth time up, Lakind finally squared up a ball hard to the second baseman.
If you didn’t have a full set of scouting impressions on Lakind before the game yesterday you would have left the ballpark with nothing from which to write a report. He wasn’t challenged in the field, couldn’t have thrown well due to pitching the day before, didn’t have the opportunity to run and had a mediocre day at the plate, twice not getting the bat off his shoulder.
That is why (actually, just one of many reasons why), parents, your son needs to play at the highest level of events he can during the summer and fall. Any high school, college or summer coach or any advisor/agent who tells you that the scouts will be able to evaluate him during the spring and that he should just hang around home and play Legion ball during the summer is playing Russian Roulette with his chances of being evaluated by professional scouts.
3-19 from: - http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/baseball/news?slug=kr-arkansas031910 - Arkansas pitcher Mike Bolsinger doesn’t have a short-term memory. That much was evident Friday night in the Hogs’ SEC opener against defending national champion LSU. The last time Bolsinger and the Hogs took the field against the purple and gold monsters of Louisiana the result wasn’t pretty. The Tigers eliminated the Razorbacks from the College World Series last season with a crushing 14-5 final score… Bolsinger got a little revenge in Arkansas’ 6-3 win over LSU on Friday to begin SEC play. “He was just outstanding after he got the Friday night jitters out of the way,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said. “His best inning was the seventh and he had some giddy-up on his fastball, running it into the 90s. He really made it hard for us to take him out.” Bolsinger only struck out four, but was near flawless outside of the second inning. He walked just three batters and allowed four hits in seven innings.
Concerning the LaKind piece...theres no crying or excuse making in baseball.
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