Fresh New Start

This past weekend was a very important one, especially in regards to our overall and league records. We had a big three game series up in Bluffton, who was 3-1 in the HCAC. We entered the weekend 8-8 with a 1-3 record in our conference. We looked at these games as ones that could either make or break us. It's hard to dig yourself out of a hole with the strength of the conference. We knew what we had to do--we had to sweep them.

We played a double header on Friday because there was a chance of bad weather up there on Saturday, so we didn't know if we were even going to get our Saturday game in. The last thing we wanted to do was stay up Bluffton another day because there is absolutely nothing to do up there except stare at cows. Anyway, Friday was a huge day. It was about 60 degrees and a great night for a game. In the first game, we only scored runs in the 1st and 6th innings. Luckily, it was enough to come out with a victory. The second game was better. We put runs up on the board and our defense was stellar. The pitching did well too. We won this game as well. It was clutch winning both these games because now we had the momentum and confidence going into our Saturday game.

Saturday was a cold, dreary, and windy day for a game. It only got up to 40 degrees which was quite a change from the day before. Despite that fact, we continued with our success. Bluffton made a run late in the game but never took the lead. A thing that I noticed was that not once did Bluffton have the lead during any of the three games. This is something to be proud of as a team. It means we all did our job. We now have a 11-8 record and are 4-3 in the HCAC. We accomplished our goal by sweeping them, which was good to see.
Tomorrow we have another HCAC game against Hanover out at Midland. This too is a must win. As long as we play smart baseball, we should have no concerns.