Louisville (37-17)got off to
a tough start Thursday night against Pittsburgh (27.25), what with SP Justin Amlung giving up five runs in the first three
innings. Things settled down and, with thelep of Derek Self on the mound, and C
Kyle Gibson’s bat, they won 6-5 in the opening game of the Big East finals.
I caught up with Self (2.0-IP,
1-H, 0-R, 3.07) after the game who told how the team came back:
Derek Austin Self -
“Yeah, it was a tough start, but at the same
time the reason why Justin is our number one guy he kept fighting the whole
time, never giving up and he always is out there giving it his all. When we
were down three for some time, we just kept fighting as a team and our bullpen
was lights out. Once we got it tied 5-5 it was a war then. Whoever scored the
first run was going to win. We knew as a team that we weren’t giving up that
run and we did a great job of that. Me coming into the 11th, I went
3 up 3 down and we had a lot of momentum. i could really see the energy in all
of us that carried over and we put
together a nice hit by Sturgon and that started it all. With a huge at bat by
Ijames getting a walk to bring Sturgon in to make it 6-5. Going out to the
bottom of the 12th I just really worked the hitters well keeping the ball don
and hitting corners. Ijames comes up with a huge catch against the fence that
was foul to give us 2 outs and then I got the next hitter out. The main thing
that we did as a team tonight was to NEVER give up and that’s what we did. When
our back was against the wall, we really turned it up and that is a special
feeling when you know your team can do that.”
Game of the night had to be
TAMU vs. Oklahoma State. Two first rounders going head to head. It was so even
neither got the win… Michael Wacha – 6.2-IP,
1-ER, 6-H, 4-K, 0-BB… Andrew Heaney – 8.1-IP,
6-H, 2-ER, 12-K, 2-BB… who won? Who cares.
One of this year’s top
pitcher comes out of Mommouth (33-22). It’s junior RHP Pat
Light, who 5-hit Fairleigh Dickinson, 7-1. I talked to Pat after the
game who was quite excited:
Felt good today it’s big to get that first win
in the conference tournament. Gives our team a lot of confidence going into the
second game tomorrow and we will go from there. It was a solid season for me
and hopefully it is not over anytime soon, I've had an awesome time with these
guys and I am not ready for it to end yet. The draft is something that is
obviously on my mind but definitely in the back of my mind at this point. I am excited
for it but at this point in the season with conference tournament and trying to
get back to regionals there really is no time to think about it. I’ll worry
about the draft when the time comes, for now I'm taking it day by day and
trying to finish off a successful season not only for me but for my team.
Kendall Rogers -
Some good news. Rick Giolito said in our chat P
Lucas Giolito continues to progress very well,
will have open workouts soon.
Jonathan Mayo –
SS Carlos
Correa worked out for the Minnesota Twins.
Lucas Sims – 9.0-IP, CG, 2-R, 4-H, 8-K, 91-92
RHP Taylore
Cherry – 91-92
Ole Miss Bobby Wahl – 93-94
Cody Buckel – 89-92, 94
Harvard-Westlake 3, Ventura 0
Final. Max Fried CG, 10 K, 92-95, hammer curve
“as good as all year”
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