[CTcard]

That fourth game sure left a bad taste in my mouth; it was a very poorly played game by Stanford. 
For now, I will remind myself that these things happen in baseball from time to time. 

As always, there was good and bad to the series. 

Good: 
- Through the first three games and 4+ innings the hitting remained strong. They got 43 hits in the series, including 6 home runs. 
- About 1/2 the pitching staff is throwing pretty well - and coming up we only have to last through 3 games on a weekend. 

Bad
- the other half of the pitching staff. (among other things, 26 free passes in the series including 6 HBP)
- defense
- base running
- timely hitting

Possibly the most interesting development of the series was that we saw frosh RHP Cohen Gomez to close out the final two innings of the last game. He's the second frosh pitcher (of 6) to get on the field this season. He was okay (no runs allowed) but Xavier was just cruising to victory at that point. 

Also noted that Kassius Thomas hasn't seen the field yet this year after 23 appearances last year. I am guessing some kind of health issue but know nothing. 

--------------
Now it is on to the big time. 
Three game series vs. 12-0 UNC at Chapel Hill this weekend. UNC is ranked #4, 4, 7. They haven't set foot outside of North Carolina yet this season, but we haven't yet been away from California.

[CTcard]

That fourth game sure left a bad taste in my mouth; it was a very poorly played game by Stanford. 
For now, I will remind myself that these things happen in baseball from time to time. 

As always, there was good and bad to the series. 

Good: 
- Through the first three games and 4+ innings the hitting remained strong. They got 43 hits in the series, including 6 home runs. 
- About 1/2 the pitching staff is throwing pretty well - and coming up we only have to last through 3 games on a weekend. 

Bad
- the other half of the pitching staff. (among other things, 26 free passes in the series including 6 HBP)
- defense
- base running
- timely hitting

Possibly the most interesting development of the series was that we saw frosh RHP Cohen Gomez to close out the final two innings of the last game. He's the second frosh pitcher (of 6) to get on the field this season. He was okay (no runs allowed) but Xavier was just cruising to victory at that point. 

Also noted that Kassius Thomas hasn't seen the field yet this year after 23 appearances last year. I am guessing some kind of health issue but know nothing. 

--------------
Now it is on to the big time. 
Three game series vs. 12-0 UNC at Chapel Hill this weekend. UNC is ranked #4, 4, 7. They haven't set foot outside of North Carolina yet this season, but we haven't yet been away from California.