Weekend Baseball Update

Thanks to the UNC game Sunday night I haven't gotten around to mentioning the weekend baseball series against Pepperdine.

The team was scheduled to play four games - 1 on Friday, 2 Saturday, and 1 Sunday. When Friday's game was rained out they rescheduled to play double headers both Saturday and Sunday, but were only able to get one in on Sunday. It turned out only being a 3-game weekend, and it didn't go as well as had been hoped. The Diamond Deacs opened the season 1-2.

I only saw a few innings all weekend long on Pepperdine's webcast, so I can't say much from my own perspective, but I know Wake was hoping to win the series this weekend and was definitely hoping to do better than the 22-3 loss they suffered in the Sunday game. Saturday's games included a 3-2 loss and a 13-9 win.

In the season-opening 3-2 loss Ben Hunter threw 5 solid innings giving up 3 runs in the fourth, but the bats could only produce 2 runs in support. 1st baseman Allan Dysktra was 3-3 in the game with a run scored, and SS Dustin hood had the Deacs only RBI and other hit.

Garrett Bullock started game 2 but struggled in 3.1 innings of work giving up 8 runs (4 earned - 2 errors didn't help). Phil Negus pitched well in relief and picked up the Win. Ben Terry, Steven Brooks, Allan Dysktra, Willy Fox, Weldon Woodall, and Ian Tomkins all had multi-hit games. Brooks and Tomkins each hit home runs.

One quick note on Pepperdine's uniforms - I'm not sure what they (or perhaps UnderArmour) were thinking, but those random blue streaks across their thighs are one of the ugliest things I've ever seen on a baseball uniform.

Tomorrow afternoon is the season home opener. 2:30 on Hooks Field against App State. I'll be out there for most of the game, but I have a 4:30 class and am likely to miss the end of it. Hopefully today's rain doesn't cause problems for tomorrow (although the bigger concern may be the cold temperatures). It would be nice to open the home season with a win.