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Offense picks up on time
Taylor Rouch, Melissa Trahin / Roundup
The Brahmas’ baseball team took a beating against Ventura College on Wednesday but rebounded during the weekend at home against the East L.A. Huskies.
The final score for the first game was 5-0 in favor of the Pirates, which makes it the third time Pierce has lost against Ventura this season.
"The team consists of twenty freshmen and only 10 sophomores," said Pierce head coach John Bushart. "With most players experiencing college baseball for their first time, this is a learning process for them but nothing they can’t improve on."
Pirates’ starting pitcher, Joey Contreras, threw a complete game five-hit shutout to lead his team to another their third victory against the Brahmas.
"We just came out a little flat offensively," said Bushart.
One of the highlights of the game came on the bottom of the fourth inning when Brahmas’ third baseman Michael Hymes, dove for the ball in a tough play and threw out the runner at first to end the inning.
Relieve pitchers Scott Felgenhauer, Joe Franiak and Christian Tobias came into game after the sixth inning and managed to keep the Pirate’s offense to two hits and no runs for the rest of the game.
"We used five pitchers and found that to be effective, I think that’s going to be one of our game plans this year," said Bushart.
Pierce flipped the page after hard losses against Ventura and came on top against East L.A. winning by a final score of 5-2.
"I think we were really flat today, we had no energy and we were just kind of down," said pitcher Tyler Peddicord who is among conference leaders in saves with two.
Pierce players found their energy thought, because they picked up the pace in the fourth inning when they jumped ahead two runs against the Huskies, who had scored one in the second.
Standing fourth in their division with a record of 4-8 with two of the eight losses being shutouts, the Brahmas’ .224 team batting average reflects their lack of offense and affects their performance.
"We have been playing and working as a team, as well as failing as a team," said infielder Matt Sanchez.
