Season off with a strong start
Mike Helm
Contributing Writer
The Thunderbird baseball team is 7-0 as conference games approaches.
Now is the time to “get your pitchers out there, get some
guys out, run our bunt plays and get any kinks out,” according
to Head Coach Tony Cirelli.
One aspect of the team that Cirelli noted needing work is the
pitching. With three incoming freshman and a handful of pitchers
from last year with limited time on the mound, Cirelli believes
they must work on mixing up pitches.
“ When we start playing the better teams you can’t
just throw fastball, fastball and fastball. You’re going
to have to change speeds. Throw in some changeups and curveballs
for strikes,” according to the coach.
The leading hitters so far for the Thunderbirds are sophomore
John McCarthy at .476 with a home run and four stolen bases, freshman
Nate Wells batting .411 with seven runs batted in, freshman Bob
McMurray batting .400 with two home runs and thirteen runs batted
in, sophomore Matt Lambeth also batting .400, and sophomore Brandon
Christenson batting .380 with five runs batted in.
The Thunderbirds have so far defeated Northlake Texas 8-2, Northwest
Colorado 12-2, Eastern Utah 6-4 and swept Weber State in four
games 1-0, 16-2, 8-2 and 12-2.
Sophomore pitcher Sean Gallian is 2-0 and freshman Kyler Newby
and Tom Johnson also stand at 2-0.
“ We have kids who are right there. Someone’s gonna’
step up. You just don’t know who it’s gonna be,”
he explained.
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