Post game wrap-up comments

Steven M Miller Jr, Staff Writer


-Here's what head coach Rick Smith had to say about this afternoon's game:

-On the pitching performance in the first game:
-"Richards and the other pitcher (DiRoberto) matched up pretty well. Richards pitched an excellent game and he only had one mistake in the entire game."

-On the pitching performance in the second game:
-"Liffers went out there and gave us some good innings. Schilling went out there and closed the door on both of Worcester States rally's."

-Is Schilling going to be the closer (worked out of two jam's in the late innings)?:
-"No, Schilling will not be the closer. Hes just trying to work his way back into the starting rotation right now."

-On the 7-for-7 performance of junior catcher Kelly LaDow:
-"Hes a great player. He supposed to have that kind of performance; I don't expect anything less. He was also great defensively."


-Here's what Worcester State head coach Dirk Baker had to say about the game:

-On Game 1:
-"That was really a tough way to end game one for Bridgewater State, but we have been hitting the ball well all game. The play of the game was that ground ball (in the 8th, with the bases loaded) that Poce threw to first base that ended the inning. You will not see a better play than that anywhere else."

-On the pitching performance's in Game 1:
-"You had two seniors on the mound just battling up there. That's why you come out to watch a college baseball game on a Saturday afternoon."

-On Game 2:
-"Bridgewater scored a bunch of runs on us after we made really stupid mistakes. That's when good teams capitalize on things like that."

-Point about the split:
-"It is very difficult to win two games on the road in a league like this."


-Bridgewater State plays a double header versus Becker College tomorrow afternoon at 12 pm. Game 1 starter will be sophomore Dennis Jennette. Jennette is 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 10.2 innings pitched, He has appeared in two games (with one start). Game two starter will be freshman Spencer Hatstat. Hatstat its 1-0 on the season, in 7.1 innings pitched. He has appeared in two games giving up no runs on the season. Hatstat said he was looking forward to the start in the second game.

-Coach Smith said that he was going to play some of the younger kids off the bench tomorrow, and give the older guys a game or two off. This might be a smart move with the Bears having 6 games (two double-headers) in the next 6 days.

-The plan tomorrow will be to cover the softball and baseball game tomorrow with no pre-game coverage. We will recap the afternoon's game as soon as both games are over.