The 4-2 win over Wheaton College is a huge stepping stone for our team. A very good team, Wheaton presented us with a very competitive Game 1 of this series. Senior pitcher Nate Arenson stepped up and delivered a complete game win, walking only two. Matt Burke, Brennan Hagensee, and Alex Khoury also seemed to come to the park to play especially hard today. Burkey was a force at the plate and on the base paths. Hags showed off his defensive skills by gunning down a runner, who would have been a lead-off double. A.K. is playing like a seasoned veteran even though he has only started a handful of games at the SS position at the college level. We know, however, that we have two big games against Wheaton this Saturday. Anything less then a series win will be unacceptable.
A shout out has to go out to the Cardinal Men for taking advantage of the "freebies" that the other squads we are playing are offering us. Too often teams do not take advantage of the opportunities they earn by placing pressure on the defense and the opponent's pitching. Over the last four games (1 vs. Millikin, 2 vs. Elmhurst, and 1 vs. Wheaton) the Cardinals have scored 38 total runs; 8, 15, 11, and 4 respectively. Of those 38 runs 19 of them have been scored by Cardinal baserunners that have reached base via a walk, error, or hit by pitch. 18 of 39...50%! Our record over the last four games is 2-2 instead of 4-0 if we do not take advantage of the extra outs we are earning. To use a term from a commentator of the hated White Sox..."Don't stop now boys!"
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