Welcome alumni, parents and fans of the Eagles baseball program to our blog. The team is participating in the final week of the Fall non-traditional season. We utilize the non-traditional season to evaluate our players and teach the new freshmen and transfer additions the “Eagle Way” of playing the game. We had 40 players come out for the team at the start of the season and we expect to keep between 30- 32 for the Spring. We are able to utilize 16 dates (4 per week) to work with our players in the Fall. This includes one date of competition for which we played Potomac State JC on September 19th.
We have shut down many of our expected starting pitchers this Fall as they have all pitched a number of innings this past summer. This has provided our younger pitchers more time in game situations to develop. We have added 10 freshmen to our squad this Fall with five of them being pitchers or dual role players. Many of those young arms are witnessing the usual welcome to college baseball as they learn that their pitches get hit hard when not located and that is regardless of the velocity. In all, our Fall has been productive to date. We generally use three days per week to work with our players individually and one day for scrimmaging.
Our final week culminates with a Crimson and Gold three game series. The Gold team won the first game 15-8 behind the home run power of our smallest of players. Drew Easter (SR), managing the Gold team, led his team with two home runs and three RBI. In addition, Devon Snow added a home run of his own and Andy Chrismer went 3-for-5 on the day. Pitchers John Bayse (SO), Mark Smith (FR) and Jake Wade (JR) held the Crimson team to eight runs for the day. The Crimson team was managed by Tyler Hodges (JR) and the team was led by Drew Elkins(SR), Davis Hewett (JR), Johnathan Mason (FR), Blake Stokely (SR) and Andrew Hacker with 2 hits each. Mark Smith got the win for the Gold team and Johnathan Mason took the loss for the Crimson team.
Game two will be played Tuesday at 3:45pm with game three on Friday at 3:45pm. Run differential will be used as the deciding factor for who wins the Crimson and Gold series. Winners of the series will be served dinner in the KCC by the losing team. Stay tuned as the next blog will follow game two and will post on Wednesday. Thanks for following BC Eagles baseball.
- Coach Kendall
