SUNYAC play

We opened up conference play in Florida. Unfortunately, we went 1-2.

In the opening game, we did a lot of things well. We picked off three runners, and gunned down a stolen base attempt. We threatened several times early in the game, and stuck with things offensively. Eventually we exploded in the seventh and eighth. The big thing was a lot of extra-base hits. Three doubles in the final two innings, and six on the day.

Overall, we had a more hard hit balls in the game -- even our outs. Heading into the game a few players began to step up after seeing actual action in live games.

The Hammer went to Alex Foster for the day. Fos was inserted as a defensive replacement late in the game and made a diving catch in his first play. He also had big hits in both the innings. He hadn't got much of an opportunity until then.

Game 2 was all Plattsburgh. They threw their ace and limited us to four hits. At least two were doubles.

Game 3 was back and forth. A couple of crazy plays. With Nowak on first, Fetes grounds to the firstbaseman. He throws to second and hits Nowak squarely in the back with the throw. The ball somehow ricochets to the shortstop who steps on the bag. Tough break, but it should have been an out anyway.

Plattsburgh also had a crazy bunt. They like to push bunt. We had Lowe crashing in from third base. Their 2-hitter squared punched at the ball. The bunt landed just out of reach of our SS Bennett on the edge of the outfield grass. Crazy.

We did get another strong outing from Zach Jordon -- no walks in 6.2 innings and only one earned run.

Tomorrow is Skidmore. Let's hope for a sweep! I'd like to give a shout out to Donnie Kirsch. He's checks the blog regularly. Donnie -- we are looking to get good pitches to hit!