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Monday, 20 February 2012 22:54 |
This weekend was a gripping fight for the Mountaineer baseball team, which went full force into the season in its first three games and went 2-1 against George Mason Friday and Akron Saturday.
The Mountaineers opened their season with a hard loss, falling 2-1 to George Mason, but closed their season-opening weekend with back-to-back wins in a doubleheader against Akron.
ASU tied up the game in the 6th inning with the team’s only run by junior Will Calloway, who scored off Daniel Kassouf’s single. The team kept its momentum until the 8th inning when GMU made a run to put them ahead. Seth Grant was the key pitcher of the night, striking out eight and walking none.
“Last night we faced a good pitcher,” pitcher Rob Marcello said. “Seth, of course, threw well but we knew the hitting would come around.”
The team made a turnaround for Saturday’s double-header beating Akron in both games by scores of 8-3 and 4-1.
Designated hitter Daniel Kassouf provided power for the Mountaineers in the first game, with a triple in the 4th and a homerun in the 7th. He finished out the game with a career high four RBIs.
Tyler Zupcic had a double in the 6th inning, along with Jeremy Dowdy in the 4th.
The second game of the day was won due to strong pitching. Marcello made his Mountaineer debut for the team the second game, managing a successful five innings with five strikeouts, allowing only two hits and walking none.
“The pitching kept us in the ball game.” senior player Daniel Kassouf said.
Jeffrey Springs, freshman, came in after Marcello and threw strong as well. He allowed only one hit and struck out three strikes in his two innings.
“Today I can’t say enough in game three about how well our guys threw,” head coach Chris Pollard said. “I’m really proud of Rob Marcell, first start of the black and gold, and Jeffrey Springs, a freshman [who] came in behind him. Those guys really threw the baseball well.”
The team will be in Baton Rouge this weekend playing against LSU, currently No. 8 in the conference.
Story: LAUREN OSBORNE, Intern Sports Reporter |
