Doin' Work

This past Tuesday, the baseball team was originally scheduled to play a double-header against Alice Lloyd College. The trip to their field is a long one, close to five hours. However, our games against them got cancelled, but the day wasn't over. We were notified that instead of playing them, we were going to play the University of the Cumberlands, located in Cumberland, Kentucky. Like the other two teams we played this year, they were a member of the NAIA. They were an extremely good team, ranked #20 nationally with a very good record. We knew this would be our toughest game thus far. In case no one knows, teams that are members of NAIA are allowed to offer athletic scholarships unlike NCAA D3. We made the three hour bus ride to their home field for another cold game.

They jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, making it the earliest we have been down. We slowly battled back tying the game up at two. Yet again, our pitching and defense was very good and kept us in the game. We made all the routine plays, finishing a game without any errors. In order to beat a team like this, you must make all the plays. You can't give them extra outs because they will take advantage of it and make you pay. Midway though the game we took the lead 3-2. They quickly tied the game at three and I knew we were in for a very close game. In the seventh inning we scored a crucial run thus taking the lead 4-3. We held them for the final two innings and finished with another victory, improving our record 3-0. This was a huge win for our team and really boosted our confidence.

Right now I am in Winter Haven, Florida, enjoying the extremely warm weather. Tomorrow we take on the #4 team in the country, which is Heidelberg. After that game we play Ohio Wesleyan in a nightcap. These are two very good teams, and we will definitely see what we are made of. They will probably be two of the toughest teams we may play all season and hopefully we come out on top.