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Well,
North Carolina freshman RHP Benton Moss was
welcomed into the ACC on Saturday. He started against Xavier, but lasted only
one inning, giving up 4-ER on 3-H. The good news for North Carolina was the
fact that Xavier’s starter, junior RHP Tyler Koors, only lasted two innings, giving up
eight runs.
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Saturday
lines:
o
Texas
A&M RHP Michael Wacha – 5.2-IP, 0-R, 1-H, 8-K, 3-BB
o
Florida
RHP Austin Maddox – 4.0-IP, 0-R, 1-H, 3-K, 0-BB
o
South
Carolina RHP Colby Holmes – 5.0-IP, 0-R, 1-H, 6-K, 0-BB
o
Stanford
6-5 LHP Brett Mooneyham – 6.0-IP, 5-H, 3-R, 8-K, 4-BB
o
Duke
Marcus Stroman – 5.0-IP, 3-R, 4-H, 3-K, 6-BB
o
Texas
Hoby Milner – 5.0-IP, 3-R, 4-H, 3-K, 2-BB
o
Rice
Mathew Reckling – 6.0-IP, 0-R, 4-H, 7-K, 1-BB
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I
really have no idea where to project Florida’s Austin Maddox anymore. We all know about his losing the catcher job to Mike Zunino.
He then played third and first, while pitching in, well, pitching. Saturday, he
went 4.0-IP against Cal State Fullerton and gained the save in the Gators’ 5-2
win. Guess I better stop touting him as a future MLB catcher.
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The
#31 Stetson Hatters… get it… Stetson…
hatters… err, well, anyway, senior RHP Lindsey Caughel completely shut down George Washington, in their 6-0
shutout Saturday. Caughel’s excellent line was: 7.0-IP, 0-R, 4-H, 4-K, 0-BB. I
caught up with Lindsey after the game and he took us through his outing:
“My game plan from the beginning of the game was to throw
strikes and keep the defense on their toes. They made some excellent plays
behind me and I always try to go out there and attack the strike zone from
pitch one knowing that it keeps the defense mentally in the game and that
definitely showed today. I didn't have my curveball at the start of the game
but I was able to work out the kinks and find it around the 3rd inning. I used
it a lot early in the count to steal strikes on hitters and set up my fastball
a little better. I was happy to have my change up against some of the lefties
in the lineup. I was fortunate to make some good quality pitches with the
change up that allowed me to stay out there a little bit longer on my first
outing. All the credit goes to the defense though, not one error made today.”
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Speaking
of miserable debuts, #11 Vanderbilt freshman RHP Tyler Beede went
4.1-IP against #4 Stanford, giving up nine runs, five earned. Projected 1st round pick, SS Kenny Diekroeger (.571) led the Cardinals to a 9-5 win.
#23 Virginia’s 1B Jared King wasted little time leading his Cavaliers teammates to
a 9-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday against Coastal
Carolina. King went: 3-5, 2-R, HR, 4-RBI, 1-BB, an, by the end of the day had
seasonal stats of 417/.500/.833.
Jared reviewed the
game with me after the twin bill:
“On today's game, I was really proud of how our ball club came
out and battled after a tough loss yesterday. We really played tough against a
quality opponent and found ways to get the job done on the mound and at the
plate. I was really impressed with our resiliency even though we had some early
opportunities to build a lead and came up empty. Overall, I think we learned a
great deal from this weekend. On my own
performance, I have really been seeing the ball well and not trying to do too
much. I think I've matured a great deal over the last year and I can really
look for certain things in different situations. I know it won't stay like this
forever, so I'm just trying to enjoy this feeling while I can.”
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Virginia
Tech beat Bradley, 11-1, but it was the Chad Pinder show.
The sophomore third baseman went 5-6 and raised his season batting average to
.500. I asked Chad if he ever had a day like this before:
“Today was definitely a first for me.
Having 2 or 3 doubles is a great game but having four doubles with a triple is
something I've definitely never done. My first game with 5 hits ever. But in
reality it's not about me or what I did today. It's about our team and taking
the game of baseball day by day, game by game, and win by win. And so far we
are 3-0 and I couldn't be any prouder to be part of this team and the guys we
have. Having the leaders and coaches we have in the program enables you to have
games like this. Some days you will go 0-6 with a handful of punches and I'm
100% positive with the guys we have on this team if I had done that today, the
guys would have praised me just as much as they did today going 5-6 and that is
what this game is about. So I don't look at today and say I had a great game. I
look at it and say we had a great team win with a bunch of young guys step up
helping us start the season 3-0. So today wasn't about
my performance it was about our team, and its win!”
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Late
Friday lines:
o
CSF
RHP Dylan Floro - 6.0 IP, 5H,
3ER, 1BB, 4K.
o
Stanford
RHP Mark Appel - 7IP 2H 1ER 2BB 5K. (W, 1-0).
o
UCLA Adam Plutko – 7.0-IP, 0-R, 5-H, 10-K, 1-BB
o
Rice Austin Kubitza – 7.0-IP, 1-ER, 4-H, 8-K, 3-BB
o
South
Carolina Michael
Roth – 6.0-IP, 1-R, 4-H, 6-K, 0-BB
o
GSU Chris Beck – 6.0-IP, 1-R, 3-H, 8-K, 1-BB
o
GT Matt Grimes – 7.0-IP, 1-, 0-R, 7-K, 0-BB
o
RHP Lucas Giolito – 1st inning – 95-96
o
Florida
Karsten Whitsen – 90-92, 84 slider
o
Rice
RHP J.T.
Chargois – 95
Jesuit H.S. RHP, Lance McCullers,
had 9-K in 5.0-IP in a win vs. Dunedin
7 comments:
Austin Maddox didn't lose the catcher job to mike zunino. Maddox caught in high school. He caught bull pens in college but he sure didn't lose the job to anyone. Get your facts straight before you talk about Florida.
Yeah, I could have worded that better.
My bad.
Gee, those Florida guys get a little sensitive when you talk about those Gators huh?
Keep in mind, Maddox obviously didn't win the job from Zunino either and being the #1 catching prospect in Florida coming out of high school, you would think that he'd atleast be trying out as a catcher at Florida, no?
If Zunino wasn't playing at Florida, what position do you think Maddox would have been playing, 3B, 1B, DH, P?
I'm pretty sure he'd be catching, so I don't think you're that far off Mack and not for nothin, but he could have worded his comment a little better too.
thanks, Closer...
Sorry if my comment came off a little rude about Maddox earlier. My fiancé is a former Gator player and is now in the minors so I'm just a huge gator fan and i love all of those guys. They are kind of like a family.
Hey, that's cool.
Regular readers here know that I am a big fan of Austin and have suggested that the Mets draft him in the sup-1 or 2nd round, and return him to a catcher.
However, he is pitching up a storm so far.
Sorry about the loss today. Brian Johnson looked strong.
I love this Gators team. I think Brian Johnson and Mike Zunino could see themselves taken before the top ten picks are even through and Maddox, depending a lot on how he does this spring and at which position, could come soon after. I would love to have any (all? Haha) of them on the mets.
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