From San Marcos, Texas- The Texas State Club baseball team improved its team record to 5-1 as it swept the LSC-Kingwood Coyotes in the first Gulf Coast East conference series of the year. The team combined for 37 runs while continuing to hold opponents to 24 total runs on the year.
The weekend was one of obvious offense as the team left Seguin’s Smokey Joe Williams Field sporting a .424 batting average, which includes 9 extra base hits. Tyler David had a few defensive problems as he committed an unusual 5 out of the 12 Bobcat errors on the weekend. The Bobcat third baseman batted in the leadoff spot and went 8 for 15 yielding to a .615 batting average, giving two time player of the week, and team captain Sean Pilola a run for his money as the offensive spotlight. Pilola though, would have none of it as he batted 7 for 13 while knocking in 7 runs throughout the three game series. “Baseball is a team sport, and I couldn’t have had the success and gotten player of the week if it weren’t for the team.” The humility of the Texas State center fielder shines through and is really showing through the success of this club.
While offense was the key to winning these games, the defense was right there with it as game two starter, Trenton Cox, pitched brilliantly through 5 innings, allowing only 1 earned run and Striking out a team leading 10 batters. The sophomore pitcher was pleased with the outcome but notes that there was more the team could have done on the weekend. “Our defense really wasn’t there this weekend, but we were lucky and the bats really picked us up and got the job done.”-Trenton Cox
The team now invests in a two-week break, and then heads away to face Lone Star College Montgomery (3-0 Conference; 4-1 Overall). Pilola also spoke of the upcoming series saying, “Montgomery, was a team that we played and swept last year, they’ve got a great pitching and hitting squad and I’m looking forward to going out there. We have a lot of new people, and I’m sure they do too, so it should be a great series”
Other Notables:
Teddy Leonard went 5 for 9 in 2 games securing a team high .833 Batting Average.
Freshman Tim O’Reilly pitched twice in relief this weekend staying nearly perfect in his 3 innings. He allowed 1 hit, and struck out 4.
-Caleb Ryan Davis
Week 14
March 5,2012
A Year Of Perhaps 