(02-17-2018 02:06 PM)SEA33HAWK Wrote:  

(02-17-2018 01:47 PM)bricksnivy Wrote:  How is the weather in Wilmington today?

53° and windy. No sun.

Better have a good grip on those bats.

3-0 now. Zarion is out of the game after 3.2 IP.

Luke Gesell enters in relief.

Butler beat Lehigh 12 - 1 yesterday. They can score

HR’s by Berne and Jones make it 4-2!

Top 6. Freshman Greg Herring takes the hill.

6-2 Butler in the 7th.

Down 6 - 2 heading into the 9th

Rally cap

6-2 final.

On to basketball!

Ouch, that ain’t good

Butler just beat EKU 6-5. They finish the weekend at 4-0, scoring a total of 39 runs. EKU went 0-3.

Seahawks face Lehigh (1-2) next at 2. Logan Beehler will get the start today.

Our lineup today:

1. Jones SS
2. Noah Liles LF
3. Jeffers C
4. Brown RF
5. Sheaffer DH
6. Noah Bridges CF
7. Berne 1B
8. Weiss 3B
9. Meadows 2B

Jeffers goes oppo for a 2-run bomb!

2-0 Seahawks in the 4th.

Lehigh takes a 4-2 lead in the 5th, and are still batting (2 on, 1 out).

Rough outing for Beehler in 4.1 IP. Easter enters.

Another 2-run bomb by Jeffers ties it a 4 in the 5th!

Sheaffer collects his first hit as a Seahawk, and it’s an RBI double in the 7th to put the Hawks up 5-4!

With a Lehigh runner on 3rd and 2 down, Cota enters to try to get a 4-out save.

Strike 3! Hawks to bat in the bottom of the 8th.

Hawks win 5-4! Nice job by Cota to close it out.

Next up is a road contest against UNC on Tuesday. Breydan Gorham is expected to get the start. Very interested to see how he performs, given I expect he’s going to work his way into the weekend rotation eventually.

(02-18-2018 05:15 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  Next up is a road contest against UNC on Tuesday. Breydan Gorham is expected to get the start. Very interested to see how he performs, given I expect he’s going to work his way into the weekend rotation eventually.

That a solid bounce back after yesterday. Will be interested to see how the youngsters look in the bright lights at UNC

UNC opened their 2018 slate by taking 2/3 from USF on the road. After losing game one 4-3, their offense got rolling in 12-5 and 9-8 victories in games 2 and 3.

The Tarheels have a home game with Big East favorite St. John's (3-0) the day after they face us, so it will be interesting to see if they use their best midweek option against us or save it for the Red Storm.

UNC was picked to finish 4th (out of 7) in the ACC Atlantic Division, behind Florida State, Louisville, and Clemson. They did, however, get 3 votes to win the entire league, behind only FSU (10 votes). So if the coaches' opinions are to be taken as gospel, there seems to be a wide range of outcomes for how UNC will perform this season.

Sophomore RHP Gianluca Dalatri is on the Golden Spikes Award watch list this season, though he started '18 on a rough footing. In Friday's season opener, he only lasted 3.2 innings, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits and taking the loss.

While UNC's midweek options are anyone's guess, they do figure to have a strong bullpen, led by redshirt sophomore righty Josh Hiatt. Serving as the closer in 2017, Hiatt was 4-2 with 1.90 ERA, allowing opponents to hit just .168, and recorded 13 saves. He also struck out 64 batters and walked just 20 in 52.0 innings. He's picked up right where he left off, making 2 appearances over the weekend, allowing no runs on 1 hit, striking out 7 and walking just 1 in 4.0 innings.

Offensively, senior second baseman Zach Gahagan leads the charge coming off a 2017 campaign where he drove in 42 runs and scored 45. Over the weekend, he went 6-13 (.462) with 3 RBI and 3 Runs. Sophomore 1B Michael Busch, batting in the middle of the Tarheel lineup, is also off to a hot start, hitting 5-13 (.385) with 1 HR and 7 RBI. Off to a slower start, but also expected to be a top performer, is junior outfielder Brandon Riley, who in '17 slashed .317/.406/.496 and led the team with 52 RBI. He went 2-12 over the weekend, but did walk 5 times and scored 3 runs.