Great Weekend

Playing the number one team in the conference is always a challenge, no matter what sport you play. As for baseball, Rose Hulman was definitely the powerhouse coming into this past weekend. They had pitching, hitting, and defense. They were just a well-rounded baseball team. However, as the weekend came to an end, I have to say that we opened up a few eyes in the conference and proved that Rose may not be as dominant as people project them.

We played a single game Friday where we faced their ace pitcher. He threw well and kept us on our toes the whole game. We just could not get things going offensively and it didn't help with them blasting two home runs in the very first inning of play. They took an early lead and added a run here an there throughout the game. We were able to get on the board in the 7th with a 2-run bomb, but that was all we could muster up. The final score was 8-2.

As we entered the double header Saturday, we knew we had to win both games. Since we could not sweep them, we had to take two of three, especially if we wanted to continue our hopes of making the conference tournament. As long as we won the series, then I would be satisfied, especially to a team that has only lost one conference game. Our bats were on fire for the first game Saturday. We were first to score and maintained the lead the whole game. We had a big 4th inning, scoring 6 runs on 5 hits. Also, our pitching was great. To hold that team to just one run is quite a feat. The final was 9-1. The second game of the double header was not a big run producer but more of a pitchers dual. Our pitching kept us in the game because we couldn't get that two out hit to score some runs. They maintained a 1-0 lead for most of the game. We were able to tie it up on a past ball. We took the lead in the 7th with a clutch hit, making the score 2-1. Luckily for us, we were able to keep the lead for the rest of the game and finished with our second victory of the day. It was the first time this season Rose lost a series. Everyone contributed to these two victories and it was definitely a good feeling. We improved our record to 14-9, with a 7-4 mark in conference play.