Worcester State Pregame

Steven M Miller Jr, Staff Writer


-Good afternoon and welcome to Alumni Field. The Comment is here on the scene on this beautiful day 50 degree day here at the ball park and its going to stay nice. The weather.com report said that it will comfortable like this all afternoon. Winds are expected to come in from right-left field at about 5-7 MPH, with a high of 10 MPH

-The team had picture day down at the Tinsley Center at 10 pm. This means that the photographer will be taking new action photo shots for the Athletics website and they should be up sometime within the next two-three weeks.

-Worcester State enters today's game at 5-6 overall and they open league play today with Bridgewater State. The Game 1 starter for them will be right-hander Steve DiRoberto (1-2). Game 2 starter will be

-Today's starters for Bridgewater will be senior staff ace Jordan Richards (0-2) and sophomore Dave Liffers (2-0). Richards was spotted stretching out in the bullpen and the dugout prior to working out. He looked like he was ready to go, even before he threw a pitch.


-We asked Coach Smith some pregame questions before the game. Here they are:

-On the game-
-"We just want to go out there to play and win for first place right now. We have to hit and play good defense."

-On Worcester State-
-"Worcester State is a good team, highly competitive, and always come down here to Bridgewater ready to play once they walk into the gate."

-On today's starting pitchers-
-"Richards (Game 1 starter) is a veteran starter who is never rattled in the heat of the moment. Liffers (Game 2) is new to the MASCAC, but he is an experienced pitcher. This experience should carry him through the game."

-On this weeks practice-
-"We worked on recapping all of the things that are necessary to do: fundamentals, bunt defense, executing first and third situations, and things of that nature."


-We will bring you the game results of both the baseball and softball double-header games after they happen. Stay tuned for the updates. If you want to come down to watch the games the first game starts at about 12 pm and the second game will start at about 2:30-3 pm. A concession stand will be set up underneath the stands at the Softball field.