April 24, 2007

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To those who I disappointed by not writing a diary for the prior week, I apologize for my missed entry and promise to finish off the season strong.

That is sort of a theme for our team as well, dedicating ourselves to finish off our season strong into Regionals and through towards Appleton, Wisconsin and the 2007 World Series.

After a string of losses put us in a little funk, we were forced to turn the tide during a 2-game series at Maryville College over the weekend. We were greeted by the same, great fan turnout, as well as seeing our old good friend Daniel in his truck reading away my past diary entries; Daniel, my boy, one of the many things I will miss about Emory will be coming up to Tennessee and hearing you and the Scot fans go to work.

As for the game, Coach T & our hitters performed a great rendition of ‘Welcome to the Hit Parade’, knocking out 21 hits in Saturday’s affair. Leading the way was Dave Hissey with 5 hits, Dan Molnar with 4, along with Joe, Zander, and Bo with 2 hits. Sam, Timmy, Matty, and Tyler also added RBI hits, along with Frank Pfister and his 2nd home run of the season.

Shout out to Zander Sotiriou for hitting his 2nd home run of the year last week. Just remember, she’ll wear the white jersey and you can wear the blue jersey.

Adam Genn pitched extremely well again for us, before being relieved by Tony Vidal and Rich Babb. After 6 innings, the score was tied 7-7. Rich Babb came in to get the final two outs in the 6th inning, and then the fun really began. Back and forth from the 6th inning through the 13th inning, both teams fought hard, coming extremely close to putting runs across, and each time it looked like a run was going to score, each team made great plays to prevent it from happening. That includes a great defensive catch by Dan Molnar and a heads-up play by Brandon Custer throwing the 2nd out of the inning out at third base.

In the top of the 14th inning, Coach Michael Clark took the reigns over in the third base coaching box and produced 5 runs, including a smart wave of Bo Schill home which ended up being the game-winner.

For those who don’t check the Major League Baseball standings, make sure you know that your Los Angeles Dodgers are currently leading the NL West, and as of Monday night, had the second best record in all of baseball.

Rich Babb continued to blow through lineups, throwing 7 shutout innings in relief, showing the rest of the team what guts are all about. He was relieved by freshman Will Gumm, who recorded the final 5 outs to get the win.

The second game on Sunday produced the same close spectacle, with us trailing 3-1 in the top of the 6th inning. However, we preserved yet again by putting up runs in the 6th and 7th innings coming from RBIs by a double by Frank Pfister and a game-tying single by Dan Molnar. In the top of the 9th, we struck again as Coach Clark took the reigns at third base, taking the lead on another clutch hit by Dan Molnar, followed by a RBI hit by Joe Roth, giving us the 5-3 lead.

With this upcoming weekend being senior weekend, we not only look forward to seeing all the friends of families of our seniors, but also friends and families of all Eagles’ fans flying or driving in from all the country. Chuck & Debbie: We’ll see you soon!

Sam Cunningham made a strong start for us, going 5 innings and scattering only 3 runs. Julian Smith relieved him and pitched 3 great innings of relief, not allowing a run and earning his first collegiate win of his career while striking out 3 in 3 innings of work.

And now for Did You Know? Sponsored by Kenny Mayne.
Did You Know that our new assistant coach, Ryan Shekell, made his first career road trip with us this past weekend up to Maryville. How ‘bout that!

One week to go. One week of classes. One week of the regular season. While the regular season and our academic school year might be winding down, this is the time that our baseball season is heating up. Four games this week against Maryville, LaGrange, and University of Dallas are scheduled to help get us ready for the postseason. Here goes nothing.

Jason Glushon is a senior from Encino, Calif. He would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.